ROMANCE is Fontaines D.C.s most ambitious, expansive record yet, its 11 tracks constellating ideas that have been percolating among Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O’Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan (bass), and Tom Coll (drums) since they released Skinty Fia in 2022. These ideas crystalised while touring the U.S. and Mexico with Arctic Monkeys as the five band members shared music and found a throughline with artists that deftly build out their own sprawling creative worlds: the attitude and aesthetic sheen of artists like Shygirl and Sega Bodega, the bolshy sonic palettes of hip hop and heavy metal, Mos Def, A$AP Ferg, OutKast and Korn. They had time apart to build more singular visions for what future music could be: O’Connell went to Spain’s Castile-La Mancha and later became a new father, while Chatten spent time in LA, and Deegan in Paris. They laid deeper roots in London. Each member spent time pushing their boundaries – experimental riffs, chord progressions, and far-flung lyrical references without intentions for a record. After wrapping up the US arena tour in Autumn 2023, they spent a month writing together again, three weeks of pre-production in a North London studio, and a month in a chateau close to Paris, sleeping among studio equipment, completely immersed.
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Irish Rock Unit Fontaines D.C. Sees ROMANCE Hit Shelves
Out Today (August 23rd), ROMANCE is Fontaines D.C.s most ambitious record yet. It’s the Dublin-made, London-based band’s first offering with producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence and the Machine) and is without doubt their most assured, inventive, and sonically adventurous record yet. ROMANCE sees an ascent into grungier breaks, dystopian electronica, hip-hop percussion and dreamy Slowdive-esque textures…
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Fontaines D.C. release ‘In The Modern World’
As they approach the release of their hotly-anticipated fourth album, ROMANCE on Friday (23rd August via XL Recordings), Fontaines D.C. today release “In The Modern World”, the fourth song to be revealed from the record. Lead singer Grian Chatten wrote the album’s central track during an “inexplicable” 10-day stint alone in Los Angeles in early…
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“Here’s the Thing”, Fontaines D.C. Release 3rd Single
Fontaines D.C. release “Here’s The Thing”, the third single revealed from their highly anticipated fourth album ROMANCE, out August 23rd via XL Recordings. ‘Here’s The Thing’ was written days before the band entered the studio to record the album. It leads with the mechanical, mutant guitar sounds of Placebo and the electronic expressiveness of Shygirl…