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Fontaines D.C.- Romance

Label: XL Recordings
Genre: Alternative
Reviewed by: Jack Carroll
For Fans Of: IDLES, Sports Team. Wet Leg, Arctic Monkeys, FEET This album hits. Romance marks the definitive start of a new era of Fontaines D.C. Their first three albums heavily focused on Ireland and the Irish experience, and leaned heavily into post-punk revival and crank wave styles. This album, though, brings a whole new sound and energy with the help of Arctic Monkey’s producer, James Ford. For instance, Starburster (FCC) takes you through a hip-hop-inspired claustrophobic feeling track that'll make you want to flip a car. While Here’s the Thing will make you kidnap an engineering student to make a time machine to bring you back to the '90s rock scene. Or perhaps you’ll start the haunting and ominous Romance and wake up in the steam tunnels with the Hokie Bird chasing you. Throughout the album, though, there is a strong feeling of doom, despair, and wanting. The balance between contemplative pain, such as calm Horseness is the Whatness and energetic hedonistic Death Kink is a hallmark of this album. Without a doubt, Romance leaves one with a strong sense that it could be better. Although I believe this is mainly due to the realization that this creative jump for the band has upped the potential of what they can do next and I can’t wait to hear it.

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