Oh, Cleveland! by Jinni Fontana

After living in various western locations, Fontana returned to Cleveland from Reno, Nevada in 2018. She hooked up with Cleveland’s beloved punk/glam band Vanity Crash (under the pseudonym Virginia Plain Crash) from 2019 until 2023, playing percussion and providing backing vocals. While enjoying the gig, she found herself increasingly interested in rekindling her passion for writing and recording her own material. During her time in Reno, Nevada, she hooked up with Stutz Bearcat again, where they spent a week of twelve-hour days laying down demo tracks. After concluding her run with Vanity Crash, Fontana refined the tracks that eventually became “Oh, Cleveland!”: a seven-song EP of “unusual” but catchy pop songs that echo her experiences growing up in Cleveland.