Irish post-punk giants Fontaines D.C. have announced their highly-anticipated fifth album ‘Dopamine Chamber,’ set to release on October 16th via XL Recordings produced by James Ford – the lead single ‘Marianne’ is out now with accompanying music video directed by Dave Meyers.
Frontman Grian Chatten stated in a press release that he spent time in Venice, Vienna, and Sicily searching for lyrical inspiration. “I think ‘Romance’ was maybe 60 per cent human and 40 per cent corrupted by automation, and a loss of feeling. This one feels more like 60 per cent corrupted—the mask is wearing the face a little more. I felt it would be more powerful to leave the hope out and reflect the ugliness honestly. This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning.”
“Our albums have always questioned a sense of place,” shared bassist Conor Deegan. “First Dublin, then being away from Dublin, and then trying to find the romance elsewhere. On this record, the question became: where do you escape to?”
‘Dopamine Chamber’ tracklist:
01. Six Shot Morning
02. Marianne
03. Mimesis
04. Happy for You
05. Demolition
06. Tongue
07. One Man
08. Where Is Gone?
09. You Miss Me
10. Japan
11. Intimate