Over the last year, FONTAINES D.C. have released five critically acclaimed singles, all of which garnered considerable support both from radio, with the band A-listed at BBC Radio 6 Music for their last single ‘Big’, and from a vast range of international press, with the band featuring in a number of end of year lists and receiving high praise from the likes of: NPR, Rolling Stone, Q, NME, The FADER, Time Out, DIY, The Line of Best Fit, Dork, Clash, Gigwise, So Young, Stereogum, Paste and more.
Now, ahead of their highly-anticipated debut album ‘Dogrel’, which is out this Friday, the band have shared a new lyric video for their single ‘Boys In The Better Land’. The single was premiered as Annie Mac’s “Hottest Record” on BBC Radio 1 yesterday evening.
Speaking about the single, frontman Grian Chatten, said that it is “a celebration of independent thought.”
Alongside the new single, Fontaines D.C. have announced a new North American headline tour with Montreal band Pottery for September 2019. The band recently performed in the US for the first-time with two shows at NYC’s Union Pool March 7 + 8 (both sold out), and a number of critically acclaimed, over capacity SXSW showcases. They will also return to the US in May 2019 supporting IDLES on their sold out US tour.
Fontaines D.C. have toured extensively over the last year supporting Shame on their UK tour and selling out every date their own UK headline tours in December 2018 and April 2019. Similarly, the band have recently completed a 20+ run of sell out dates across Europe and Scandinavia and are set to appear at various festivals across 2019 including End Of The Road, Truck Festival, Y Not Festival, Dour Festival, Oya Festival and more.
‘Dogrel’ is due out 12th April 2019 via Partisan Records and is available to pre-order HERE. The album will be released on limited edition transparent yellow vinyl, CD as well as all digital platforms.