Fontaines D.C. have carried out the brooding title observe of their upcoming album ‘Romance’ on their European competition tour – take a look at the footage beneath.
The band have been enjoying quite a few exhibits across the continent this month, with ‘Romance’ typically serving because the opening observe. The track, which has not but been launched, acquired its reside premiere in Brooklyn in Could, after it had featured within the band’s The Shining-inspired teaser video a month earlier.
Now, a efficiency of the observe has been captured in fan footage from a present in Vilnius, Lithuania on June 16. Watch beneath:
Opening on a prolongued, crawling bassline, the observe simmers with rigidity, whereas Chatten sings, “Into the darkness once more / In with the pigs within the pen / God is aware of I really like you / Screws in my head / I shall be beside you / ‘Til you’re lifeless”.
For UK followers desirous to catch the band, they introduced a run of three intimate album launch exhibits to happen in August – in Kingston’s Pryzm on the twenty seventh, Liverpool’s Content material on the twenty eighth and Newcastle’s Boiler Store on the twenty ninth. Discover any remaining tickets here.
They’re additionally as a result of embark on each a UK/IE headline tour and a joint European tour with Wunderhorse – see all dates beneath and get your tickets here.
Fontaines D.C.’s 2024 tour dates are:
NOVEMBER
1 – Lisbon, Portugal, Sagres Campo Pequeno
2 – Madrid, Spain, WiZink Middle
4 – Milan, Italy, Alcatraz
5 – Zurich, Switzerland, X-TRA
7 – Munich, Germany, Zenith
8 – Berlin, Germany, Verti Music Corridor
9 – Frederiksberg, Denmark, Ok.B. Hallen
11 – Hamburg, Germany, Sporthalle
12 – Cologne, Germany, E-Werk
13 – Paris, France, Zénith De Paris
15 – Bruxelles, Belgium, Forest Nationwide
16 – Amsterdam, Netherlands, AFAS Reside
20 – The Halls, Wolverhampton
22 – Alexandra Palace, London
23 – Alexandra Palace, London
24 – Utilita Enviornment, Cardiff
26 – Pavilions, Plymouth
27 – Motorpoint Enviornment, Nottingham
29 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
30 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
DECEMBER
01 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
03 – First Direct Enviornment, Leeds
04 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
06 – 3Arena, Dublin
They may also be headlining the Park Stage at Glastonbury on June 28 and can return to Studying & Leeds’ foremost stage on the week of the album’s launch in August.
‘Romance’ is about for launch on August 23. Produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Depeche Mode), it should even be the band’s first album launched by XL Recordings (Radiohead, King Krule, The xx).
To date, they’ve launched the wistful single ‘Favorite’, in addition to the pummelling ‘Starburster’, which NME gave 5 stars and described as “a pensive art-rock beast that fuses parts of electronica and hip-hop extra akin to their fellow placing countrymen (and current collaborators) KNEECAP as frontman Grian Chatten spits: “I’m gon hit what you are promoting if it’s momentary blissness *BREEEAAAATHE*”.
