Fontaines D.C. live at London’s Kentish Town Forum (Sam Huddleston / Live4ever)
On their new single Roy’s Tune, Fontaines D.C. are showing (if it wasn’t already obvious) that there’ll be far more to their debut album Dogrel than the lazy ‘punk’ tag when it is released on April 12th.
Guitarist Conor Curley has said the track is, ‘sung to Ireland – from a mindset of frustration, depression, and a loss of innocence’:
“We wanted this to be a moment of reflection on the album. We included this song with the purpose of showing our intent as a band and as Songwriters from the get go. That we intend to explore whatever emotions or ideas we see, and not just make ‘another post-punk album’.”
Its video was directed by Liam Papadachi and stars the IFTA (Irish Film and Television Academy) award-winning actor Dafhyd Flynn.
Fontaines are in New York at the moment for shows at Union Pool in Brooklyn and from there will move on to the South By Southwest Festival next week.
