Romance
by Fontaines D.C.
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 August 2024
- Label: XL, XL Recordings
- Country: Ireland
- Length: 36:57
- Community rating: 3.96/5 from 60 ratings
Artists on this release: Grian Chatten, Conor Deegan, Carlos O'Connell, Tom Coll, Conor Curley
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Produced by James Ford, 'Romance' marks a significant sonic departure for Fontaines D.C., trading their previously Irish-centric post-punk for a more experimental and dystopian soundscape influenced by grunge, hip-hop, and shoegaze. The album's ambitious production, which moves beyond the band's former live-performance limitations, supports Grian Chatten鈥檚 cinematic and abstract lyrics, creating a critically-acclaimed work that broadened their musical palette without sacrificing their core intensity.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, atmospheric, synth, moody, stylish, synthesizers, guitars, melodic, polished
Tracklist
- Romance (02:33)
- Starburster (03:41)
- Here's The Thing (02:43)
- Desire (03:39)
- In The Modern World (04:26)
- Bug (03:02)
- Motorcycle Boy (03:42)
- Sundowner (03:25)
- Horseness Is The Whatness (03:07)
- Death Kink (02:23)
- Favourite (04:16)
Credits
- Grian Chatten - words, lead vocals, piano, guitar
- Conor Curley - guitar, bass, lead vocals, words, backing vocals
- Carlos O'Connell - guitar, mellotron, backing vocals, yamaha reface, words, art direction, design
- Conor Deegan - bass, 6-string bass, co-lead vocals, backing vocals
- Tom Coll - drums, percussion, guitar
- James Ford - producer, mixing, suiko koto synth, therevox, moog, fuzz guitar
- Freddy Wordsworth - keys arrangement
- Lulu Lin - artwork, cover images
- Texas Maragh - design, art direction
- Laura Moody - cello
- Marriane Schofield - double bass
- Anthony Cazade - engineering
- Samuel Borst - assistant engineer
- Chiara Ferracuti - assistant engineer
- Animesh Raval - strings engineer
- Luke Pritchard - engineering
- Matt Colton - mastered by
- Trevor Dietz - management