The extremely good post-punk band Fontaines D.C. — one of Ireland’s greatest musical exports, according to one very reputable publication — is teasing some new music. The Irish post-punks Fontaines D.C. return with their new single “Starburster” alongside news of their highly-anticipated fourth album, “Romance”
Fontaines D.C. took the world by storm with their 2019 debut album “Dogrel”, 11 tracks of evocative barroom philosophizing set to a bracing twin-guitar assault. Beyond its glowing critical reception, the record was a surprising commercial success, both nominated for a Mercury Prize and cracking the top 10 of the UK charts.
“I’m gonna be big,” Chatten memorably proclaimed on “Dogrel’s” first track, and indeed, the band has only gotten bigger from there. “Dogrel’s” follow-up, 2020’s “A Hero’s Death”, was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. And their most recent LP, 2022’s “Skinty Fia”, reached No. 1 on both the Irish and UK album charts.
Chatten released his debut solo album, “Chaos for the Fly”, last June. Since then, Fontaines D.C. has contributed to a limited edition “Ceasefire“ 12-inch alongside Massive Attack and Young Fathers to raise money for Doctors Without Borders’ emergency operations in Gaza and the West Bank. And now, they appear to be gearing up for a new album rollout.
After changing the profile picture on all of their social media pages to a new eye-poppingly bright green and pink logo, the band took to TikTok to post a snippet of an unreleased song.
“I wanna see you alone / I wanna sharp the stone / I wanna bounce the bone / I wanna mess with it,” frontman Grian Chatten sings in his distinct Skerries accent over a trip-hop-inflected beat.
The music plays over footage — presumably from a music video shoot? — of a shirtless, very beaten-up Chatten wearing lime green pants, hanging out and petting a small pig.
Fontaines D.C. also posted a similar image from the same shoot on their official Instagram account.
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