“Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries is such an amalgam of things,” says Fargano. The band’s influences are varied: The B-52s, the Pixies, Propaghandi, Gravy Train, Nine Inch Nails and Sleater-Kinney to name a few. Fargano started Fatty Cakes in 2011 as their solo project, intentionally choosing that name to create an opportunity for people to say the word “fat” in a positive context. This was inspired by fat liberation and body positivity discourses that aim to call out the toxicity of diet culture and remove the stigma from fatness.

- Los Angeles Times