Fontaines D.C. Release Deluxe Edition of ROMANCE.
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Dublin quintet Fontaines D.C. have released a deluxe edition of their acclaimed fourth album ROMANCE. Available on all digital services via XL Recordings / Remote Control Records, ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition) adds three songs to the original 11 track album. In addition to 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 a 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 their recent Australia tour, Europe, Asia, and North America alongside a run of high-profile festival appearances.
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).
Stream / Download ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition): https://fontainesdc.x-l.co/romance-deluxe
