Συμπίπτοντας με την έναρξη της μεγαλύτερης περιοδείας τους στη Βόρεια Αμερική μέχρι σήμερα, το ιρλανδικό πενταμελές συγκρότημα Fontaines D.C. κυκλοφόρησε την πολυτελή έκδοση του πολυβραβευμένου τέταρτου άλμπουμ τους, ROMANCE.
Η Deluxe έκδοση του Romance που είναι διαθέσιμη σε όλες τις ψηφιακές πλατφόρμες μέσω της XL Recordings,) προσθέτει τρία νέα τραγούδια στο αρχικό άλμπουμ των 11 κομματιών.
Πέρα από το πρόσφατο single “It’s Amazing To Be Young”, που συνοδεύεται από ένα εντυπωσιακό μουσικό βίντεο σε σκηνοθεσία της Luna Carmoon, το deluxe άλμπουμ περιλαμβάνει επίσης το ολοκαίνουργιο τραγούδι “Before You I Just Forget”, σε παραγωγή του James Ford.
Το τρίτο νέο κομμάτι είναι μια ζωντανή, λιτή εκτέλεση του “Starburster”, στην οποία το συγκρότημα συνδυάζει το μεγαλύτερο μέχρι τώρα τραγούδι του με το “In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)” του David Lynch, το οποίο πρωτοεμφανίστηκε στο soundtrack της ταινίας Eraserhead του 1977.
FONTAINES D.C. RELEASE DELUXE EDITION OF THEIR ACCLAIMED FOURTH ALBUM ROMANCE
FEATURING NEW SONG “BEFORE YOU I JUST FORGET” ALONGSIDE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE VERSION OF “STARBURSTER / IN HEAVEN (LADY IN THE RADIATOR SONG)”, AND RECENT NEW SINGLE “IT’S AMAZING TO BE YOUNG”
In line with their biggest North American tour to date kicking off this week in Seattle, Irish quintet Fontaines D.C. today release a deluxe edition of their acclaimed fourth album ROMANCE. Available on all digital services via XL Recordings, ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition) adds three songs to the original 11-track album. In addition to the recent new single “It’s Amazing To Be Young” and its stunning, Luna Carmoon-directed music video, the deluxe album also features the brand new, James Ford-produced song “Before You I Just Forget”. Completing the trio is a live, stripped-back version of “Starburster” that sees the band melding their biggest song to date with David Lynch’s “In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)”, which originally featured on the soundtrack of Lynch’s 1977’s Eraserhead film.
Speaking on the new music, Conor Curley said “Before You I Just Forget is a song that started with a vision of this really blown out sound, something that heaved and shifted with new details becoming apparent every time you would listen. Like never being able to step in the same river twice, the song morphs and changes finishing with an incredible string part by Grian.”
The release precedes a huge summer of live activity for Fontaines D.C. In addition to the 24 date North American tour, which culminates in three sold out shows at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom on 16-18 May, the band will perform to 100,000 people across four sold out UK outdoor headline shows this summer. These include a 45,000-capacity event at London’s Finsbury Park on 5th July alongside events in Manchester, Cardiff and Newcastle. These shows will crown sold-out headline dates around the world, including Europe, Asia, Australia and North America alongside a run of high-profile festival appearances. Full dates below and full ticket info via https://fontainesdc.com/pages/live
2024 was a defining year for Fontaines D.C., with ROMANCE lauded as one of the year’s very best albums, cementing their status as one of the most exciting bands in contemporary music. Topping multiple ‘album of the year’ lists around the world, the James Ford-produced album was quickly certified gold in the UK and saw the band winning a BRIT Award and nominated for two GRAMMYs among a host of accolades; a celebration of Fontaines D.C.’s ambitious world-building and bold musical evolution. It received a host of five-star plaudits from the likes of NME, The Guardian and Rolling Stone UK while songwriting legend Elton John declared that they’re “the best band out there at the moment”. The 11-track masterpiece presents a bold leap forward for the band, weaving together ideas that have been percolating among Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O’Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan (bass), and Tom Coll (drums) since their acclaimed 2022 release, Skinty Fia. With its innovative sound and captivating artistry, ROMANCE cements Fontaines D.C.’s status as “the defining band of their generation” (NME).
Fontaines D.C.
ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition)
16th April 2025
XL Recordings
1. Romance
2. Starburster
3. Here’s The Thing
4. Desire
5. In The Modern World
6. Bug
7. Motorcycle Boy
8. Sundowner
9. Horseness Is The Whatness
10. Death Kink
11. Favourite
12. It’s Amazing To Be Young
13. Before You I Just Forget
14. Starburster / In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)
FONTAINES D.C. LIVE 2025
17 April – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo (SOLD OUT)
18 April – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
19 April – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater (SOLD OUT)
21 April – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
22 April – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
24 April – Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
25 April – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs) (SOLD OUT)
26 April – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater (SOLD OUT)
28 April – New Orleans, LA – Civic Theatre (SOLD OUT)
29 April – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern (SOLD OUT)
30 April – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works (SOLD OUT)
2 May – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
3 May – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz (SOLD OUT)
4 May – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live (SOLD OUT)
6 May – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue (SOLD OUT)
7 May – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore
8 May – Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
10 May – Washington, DC – The Anthem (SOLD OUT)
11 May – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa (SOLD OUT)
13 May – Albany, NY – Empire Live (SOLD OUT)
14 May – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
16 May – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
17 May – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
18 May – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
7 June – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
9 June – Lyon, France – Nuts de Fourviere (SOLD OUT)
10 June – Arles, France – Theatre Antique (SOLD OUT)
12 June – Porto, Portugal – Primavera Sound
14 June – Hradec Králové, Czechia – Rock For People
17 June – Bologna, Italy – Sequoie Music Park (SOLD OUT)
18 June – Rome, Italy – Rock in Roma
19 June – Milan, Italy – Unaltrofestival
21 June – Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra
23 June – Zagreb, Croatia – INmusic Festival
25 June – Belgrade, Serbia – Luka Beograd
27 June – Athens, Greece – Release Festival
29 June – Istanbul, Turkey – KüçükÇiftlik Park
2 July – Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
3 July – Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
5 July – London, UK – Finsbury Park (SOLD OUT)
6 July – Herouville Saint-Clair, France – Beauregard Festival
8 July – Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Neumënster Abbey (SOLD OUT)
9 July – Aix-les-Bains, France – Festival Musilac
11 July – Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
12 July – Glasgow, UK – TRNSMT Festival
13 July – Newcastle, UK – Exhibition Park (SOLD OUT)
30 July – Cardiff, UK – Cardiff Castle (SOLD OUT)
1 August – Waterford, Ireland – All Together Now Festival
3 August – Katowice, Poland – OFF Festival
4 August – Leipzig, Germany – Parkbühne im Clara Zetkin Park
5 August – Berlin, Germany – Zitadelle Spandau
7 August – Gothenburg, Sweden, Way Out West
8 August – Oslo, Norway, Oya
10 August – Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
15 August – Manchester, UK – Wythenshawe Park (SOLD OUT)
15-17 August – Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
19 August – Bonn, Germany – Kunst!Rasen
20 August – Stuttgart, Germany – BÜRGER Freilichtbühne Killesberg
21 August – Graz, Austria – Freiluftarena B
23 August – Chateau Gontier, France – V and B Fest
24 August – Paris, France – Rock en Seine
PRAISE FOR ROMANCE:
“More abstract and widescreen than its predecessors, it is the statement record of a band who started out in Dublin but are leaving the past behind, to conquer the world” – Sunday Times, #1 album of the year
“If 2024 asked “what’s next?”, Fontaines replied, “what you got?”- The Independent, #1 album of the year
“Romance arrived at a time of change for Fontaines D.C. A new label, a striking and divisive new look, and their first with the weight of ‘band of a generation’ tags on their shoulders. The effortlessness and power with which they lived up to – and surpassed – this expectation remains astounding”
– Rolling Stone UK, #1 album of the year
“Romance’ was a total reinvigoration for dynamic guitar music, delivering a more widescreen sound and a vision of a band with near-limitless horizons” – Time Out, #1 album of the year
“It invites a bigger audience into Fontaines DC’s world, but it never begs them to accept. You suspect they’ll take up the offer regardless.” – The Guardian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“The defining band of their generation” – NME ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Cementing their place as generational greats” – Rolling Stone UK ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“The future is here and it’s alive with possibility. One reason Romance feels so exciting is its affirmation of a renewed creative spirit” – MOJO ★ ★ ★ ★
“On fourth album Romance, the band retain their distinctive sound — impulsive riffs, poetic observations — but they have switched things up; their spiky poise feels more assured, their scope vaster than ever” – Financial Times ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“It’s a stunning record, one of depth but also immediacy; it exists to be adored.” – Clash ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Their most outward-looking, most complete, most rewarding album to date.” – The Observer ★ ★ ★ ★
“The brilliance of Romance lies in its unsettling blend of antic energy with refined craft—in the depths of detachment, Fontaines D.C. strike an engaging pose.” – Pitchfork
“Fontaines D.C. have evolved, rather than diluted, their sound, and the success of Romance shows that it’s still possible to sell out arenas without selling out” – Dazed, albums of the year
“A game-changing masterpiece” – Dork ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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