
FONTAINES D.C. – Mercury Nominees Add Huge Date to Winter UK Tour
Fontaines D. C. announce their biggest headline show to date at Brixton’s O2 Academy
Fontaines D. C. announce their biggest headline show to date at Brixton’s O2 Academy
“the Dublin-based band, have established themselves as one of the most exciting new bands around via a series of scratchy and dark tunes clearly indebted to the world of post-punk. However, there is more than one string to the Irish band’s bow, as they show on the tender and contemplative new single “Roy’s Tune..”
‘Dogrel’ is a debut which is best enjoyed as a whole; it is very much in the grand tradition of the album as art form, just as this is a band very much in the classic band mold: great singles, an indefatigable work ethic and an utter aversion to standing still.
The last year has seen Fontaines D.C. release three hotly received double A-side singles, all of which were named as singles of the week by Rough Trade