Fontaines D.C. A Hero’s Death

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• Fear is a strong driver. We owe to it the title track A Hero’s Death, and with it the Fontaines D.C.’s second album of the same name, barely a year after the acclaimed debut album Dogrel. Because, explains frontman Grian Chatten, I was consumed with the need to write something else, to ease the fear that I would never be able to do it again. More, that fear drove him to write down everything came to mind. In the background also the classic rock ‘n’ roll trap. Starting band robbed by international success.
  Rave reviews, prizes and awards, performances and even more shows. And constantly on the road, whiskey and beer, tour buses and hotels, with the result that the Irish post-punk band was about to implode. Chat: “We didn’t just feel that distance was moving towards each other, but to ourselves.” The five band members canceled the rest of their planned shows and took refuge in writing sessions at home in Dublin. There came back the feeling that had once formed them as a band. And here’s A Heros Death, again with the collaboration of producer Dan Carey. The second album sounds more aggressive, darker if you like, and more complex than the debut and seems to reflect the struggle the band experienced. No short stories or character sketches, but punk poetry in which isolation and disorientation are the themes. And as it should be, Fontaines D.C. has also taken a step towards adulthood. The (repetitive) guitars and drums combined with that wonderfully chirping voice of Chatten are in an even tighter cut jacket. Yeah, damn this is just a good record. An album especially that Dogrel could sometimes surpass. Chatting itself warns fans not to have a “Dogrel Pt” with A Heros Death. 2 full of post-punk bangers to be expected. “I really hope everyone will be shocked. This is us as humans. If others can’t accept it or like it, they’ve lost their connection. “
  

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• Artist: Fontaines D.C. Label: Partisan Records Format: LP Units: 1 Country: UK Genre: Pop & Rock Style: Post-Punk

• A1 I Don’T Belong
  A2 Love Is The Main Thing
  A3 Televised Mind
  A4 A Lucid Dream
  A5 You Said
  A6 Oh Such A Spring
  B1 A Hero’S Death
  B2 Living In America
  B3 I Was Not Born
  B4 Sunny
  B5 No