FONTAINES D.C. – SINGLE REVIEW

Fontaines D.C. – Big (Partisan Records) 
Fontaines D.C. - Big

Release Date: Out Now

Along with IDLES, Fontaines D.C. are spearheading a new post-punk movement at the moment and it speaks volumes for the mental and emotional state of the music consuming generations right now. New single ‘Big’ is about as brutal and raw as it comes with an unapologetically persistent beat, clattering guitars and a deadpan vocal delivering lines like “Dublin in the rain is mine, a pregnant city with a Catholic mind”, dripping in upbringing, frustration and reluctant pride. The Irish outfit are off to tour the world and I think that’s a very, very good thing for everyone concerned – we all need new heroes right now. The video is a cracker too, already on the video of the year long list for the performance of the wee lad lip-synching through the market streets.


Live Dates:

22nd February – Dolans Warehouse, Limerick City
7th March – Union Pool, Brooklyn
8th March – Union Pool, Brooklyn
11th April – Thekla, Bristol
12th April – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
13th April – Gorilla, Manchester
14th April – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
16th April – Bodega, Nottingham
17th April – The Garage, London
18th April – The Haunt, Brighton
19th April – AD, Diksmuide
22nd April – Point Ephemere, Paris
5th May – Kings, Raleigh
6th May – Strange Matter, Richmond
8th May – The Hollow Bar, Albany
11th May – Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington
12th May – Rock & Roll Hotel, Washington
14th May – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland
16th May – The Record Bar, Kansas City
17th May – Curtain Club, Dallas
18th May – Barracuda, Austin
20th May – Balley Bar, Phoenix
21st May – Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach
22nd May – Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles
24th May – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
25th May – Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
27th May – Wonder Ballroom, Portland
28th May – Neumos, Seattle
20th July – Site De Kerampuil A Carhaix, Mael-Carhaix
19th November – O2 Ritz, Manchester
20th November – O2 Academy, Liverpool
21st November – SWG3 Studio Warehouse, Glasgow
22nd November – Stylus,  Leeds
23rd November – Leadmill, Sheffield
25th November – O2 Institute, Birmingham
26th November – O2 Academy, Oxford
27th November – O2 Forum, Kentish Town
28th November – Concorde 2, Brighton
30th November – SWX, Bristol
1st December – The 1865, Southampton

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