Fontaines D.C. have shared a new single called ‘Here’s The Thing’. Check out the horror-inspired music video for the track below.
Released today (August 6), the song marks the latest preview of the Irish band’s highly anticipated fourth album ‘Romance’, which is set to arrive on August 23 via XL Recordings (pre-order/pre-save here).
Ahead of this, the group have already shared two singles from the James Ford-produced record: ‘Starburster’ and ‘Favourite’.
‘Here’s The Thing’ was written just days before frontman Grian Chatten and co. entered the studio to record their upcoming LP, and the finished result sees it underpinned by mechanically-tinged, mutant guitar sounds, paired with expressive electronic aspects.
“It’s an anxious tune that twists and turns in what it wants, back and forth between pain and numbness,” Chatten said in a press release. “It’s an urgent song, searching for autonomy in emotional extremes.”
Alongside the track, the band have also dropped an accompanying cinematic music video directed by lauded filmmaker Luna Carmoon.
In the horror-inspired visuals, the band and filmmaker deliver an embodiment of paranoia and anxiety, as the narrative follows a traditional Irish dancing competition where chaos takes its toll. Check it out below.
After the long-awaited ‘Romance’ album drops later this month, Fontaines D.C. will perform on the main stage at Reading & Leeds 2024. This will be followed by their 2024 UK and Ireland headline tour, which is set to take place in November and December. That stint includes two nights at Alexandra Palace in the capital.
That isn’t it for their live shows either, as last week the group also unveiled news of a huge outdoor show at London’s Finsbury Park, due to take place on Saturday July 5, 2025. It will mark the Irish band’s biggest headline performance to date, with support coming from Amyl And The Sniffers and Kneecap.
Find a full list of upcoming tour dates below, and visit here for any remaining tickets.
Fontaines D.C.’s upcoming UK and Ireland headline dates are:
NOVEMBER 2024
20 – The Halls, Wolverhampton
22 – Alexandra Palace, London
23 – Alexandra Palace, London
24 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
26 – Pavilions, Plymouth
27 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
29 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
30 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
DECEMBER 2024
1 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
3 – First Direct Arena, Leeds
4 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
6 – 3Arena, Dublin
7 – 3Arena, Dublin
JULY 2025
5 – Finsbury Park, London
Back in June, Fontaines D.C. headlined The Park Stage at Glastonbury 2024 and Chatten also joined Kneecap on stage to perform ‘Better Way To Live’ during the Belfast trio’s slot on the Peace Stage.
Speaking to NME at this year’s festival, bassist Conor Deegan III explained what Fontaines D.C.’s latest singles tell us about the forthcoming ‘Romance’.
“They tell us who we want to be, but also where we came from as well,” he said. “‘Starburster’ is us trying to push things out there and ‘Favourite’ is us trying to bring who we were with us.”
Guitarist Carlos O’Connell added: “For the first time, it’s an album that looks at our present with a forward view, you know?
“I think in the past we’ve either tried to live in the past or missed the past. Now we’re trying to understand the world we live in right now and not try to think of something that’s gone, but think of what’s to come.”
Elsewhere at the festival, Kneecap praised Fontaines D.C.’s “fucking amazing” slot at the festival while chatting to NME, saying: “They’re flying at the moment.”
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