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Artist......: Fontaines D.C.
Album.......: A Hero's Death
Label.......: Partisan Records
Genre.......: Rock
Catnr.......: PTKF2182-2
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-07-31
Str.date....: 2020-07-31
Quality.....: 872 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://fontainesdc.com/
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1. I Don't Belong 4:31
2. Love Is The Main Thing 3:53
3. Televised Mind 4:10
4. A Lucid Dream 3:53
5. You Said 4:36
6. Oh Such A Spring 2:32
7. A Hero's Death 4:18
8. Living In America 4:57
9. I Was Not Born 3:49
10. Sunny 4:52
11. No 5:09
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,: Rock bands arenÆt supposed to get big anymore, but apparently no :,
: one told Fontaines D.C. The young Dublin quintet took the world :
:' by storm just over a year ago with their bracing mixture of raw ':
,: guitar-beating energy and a distinctly Irish sense of poetry. :,
: Fronted by Grian Chatten, who speak-sings in a heavy brogue, the :
:' band came across like a barroom philosopher deep in his cups at ':
,: the local dive: erudite, eloquent, and prone to slipping into :,
: haranguing tangents and conversational alleyways. Their debut :
:' album Dogrel cracked the top five of the Irish Albums Chart and ':
,: the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart. It was nominated for a :,
: Mercury Prize. A little website called Stereogum named it one of :
:' the 10 best albums of 2019. Where could Fontaines D.C. go from ':
,: there? :,
: :
:' The answer, judging by their new album A HeroÆs Death, is ':
,: upwards and inwards. Where Dogrel began with the half-ironic :,
: mission statement ôBigö ù ôMy childhood was small/ But IÆm gonna :
:' be big,ö Chatten memorably proclaimed ù A HeroÆs Death has an ':
,: opening thesis of its own. ôI donÆt belong to anyone/ I donÆt :,
: belong to anyone/ I donÆt belong to anyone/ I donÆt wanna belong :
:' to anyone,ö Chatten repeats over and over again on the leadoff ':
,: track called ù what else? ù ôI DonÆt Belong.ö :,
: :
:' ItÆs a defiant fuck-you to the shackles of expectation and ':
,: possessive fans. Touring America in support of Dogrel, the band :,
: was ôunder threat of losing our identity,ö Chatten told NME in a :
:' recent interview. ôPeople tell you that your music means a lot ':
,: to them and you find it hard to empathize and relate to it, or :,
: even understand it because theyÆre the thirteenth person whoÆs :
:' done that in the last hour. ItÆs very confusing, but that sense ':
,: of expectation obviously lies very heavily on my subconscious :,
: for me to then write about it.ö :
:' ':
,: So ôI DonÆt Belong,ö and A HeroÆs Death as a whole, is a refusal :,
: to play into preconceived notions about the band. Fontaines D.C. :
:' donÆt belong to anyone. TheyÆre going to make the music they ':
,: want to make, not the music you want them to make. ôI was not :,
: born/ Into this world/ To do another manÆs bidding,ö Chatten :
:' cries on ôI Was Not Born.ö ôYou wonÆt catch me/ No you wonÆt ':
,: catch me/ Not in your bear-trap loyalty.ö Even the title of the :,
: album itself, A HeroÆs Death, is a way of puncturing the bandÆs :
:' own sense of mythology. TheyÆre working overtime to prove that ':
,: theyÆre not the same band, or the same people, that they were a :,
: year ago. Kill your idols, Fontaines D.C. seem to say ù even if :
:' they are the idols. ':
,: :,
: If this isnÆt the old Fontaines D.C., then what Fontaines D.C. :
:' is this? Despite the much-publicized Beach Boys influence, no ':
,: one will think A HeroÆs Death is AM gold sunshine pop. It is :,
: subtler and softer and prettier than Dogrel, with Chatten even :
:' breaking out some honest-to-god melodic singing on tracks like ':
,: ôYou Saidö and the waltz-like ôOh Such A Spring.ö But itÆs :,
: darker, too, more atmospheric and downcast. UK post-punk maven :
:' and Speedy Wunderground label boss Dan Carey also produced ':
,: their last record, but he brings in more shades of gray on this :,
: one, effectively building and sustaining a cohesive mood while :
:' allowing for greater complexity and nuance. ':
,: :,
: ThatÆs not to say itÆs all ballads. ôTelevised Mind,ö which :
:' originally dates back to the era before DogrelÆs release, is ':
,: full of churning guitars and roiling drums. The breakneck ôA :,
: Lucid Dreamö offers only a brief respite before hurtling toward :
:' its climactic conclusion. ôLiving In Americaö is thrillingly ':
,: noisy and chaotic and disjointed, constantly seeming on the :,
: verge of collapse but never quite getting there. The songs are :
:' no less immediate, but where the heaviness on Dogrel sounded ':
,: triumphant and anthemic and full of life, the heaviness on A :,
: HeroÆs Death just sounds, well, heavy, anxious and freaked out :
:' and paranoid. ':
,: :,
: That brooding cloud extends to the albumÆs lyrics. Where Dogrel :
:' felt like a series of vignettes and character studies of the ':
,: dreamers and drunks you might stumble into on DublinÆs street :,
: corners, A HeroÆs Death is more fragmented and impressionistic :
:' and personal. Dogrel was anchored in Dublin, but A HeroÆs Death ':
,: feels dislocated and unmoored. To be clear, thatÆs not a :,
: criticism. The lack of specificity is a feature, not a bug, :
:' reflecting the isolation of life on the road as a touring ':
,: musician, cities and countries morphing into an :,
: indistinguishable blur. ôWhere I was I canÆt tell,ö Chatten coos :
:' over and over again as the dreamy ôSunnyö draws to a close, the ':
,: one point on the album where you really can hear Brian WilsonÆs :,
: influence. :
:' ':
,: Fontaines D.C.Æs songwriting has always relied on the power of :,
: repetition, producing mantras that sear themselves into your :
:' brain. ThatÆs true more than ever on A HeroÆs Death. Most of ':
,: the songs climax with one repeated phrase: ôI donÆt belong to :,
: anyone,ö ôThatÆs a televised mind,ö ôOh such a spring.ö Because :
:' the songsÆ newfound focus on atmosphere and mood allows ':
,: ChattenÆs voice more room to breathe and modulate itself, the :,
: meaning warps and shifts with each recurrence, so that you can :
:' never quite tell if he believes what heÆs saying. When he ':
,: flatly drawls ôlove is the main thing,ö is it just sarcasm? What :,
: about when he insists ôlife ainÆt always emptyö? Does he really :
:' mean it, or is he trying to convince himself? ':
,: :,
: In an album so grayscale, black and white distinctions seem :
:' beside the point. ôGive us all you got/ YouÆre in love and then ':
,: youÆre not/ You can lock yourself away/ Just appreciate the :,
: gray,ö Chatten sings in the opening lines of closing track ôNo.ö :
:' ItÆs one of the most delicate and straightforwardly beautiful ':
,: moments on the whole record, his voice accompanied by little :,
: more than spacious strums. ôEven when you donÆt know/ Even when :
:' you donÆt/ You feel,ö he continues. ItÆs not about knowing, ':
,: itÆs about feeling. The uncertainty is part of the package. :,
: Appreciate the gray and youÆll find a whole lot to appreciate on :
:' A HeroÆs Death. ':
,: :,
: At the albumÆs conclusion, ôNoö is in direct conversation with :
:' opener ôI DonÆt Belongö and its affirmation of independence. ':
,: ôAnd we know what freedom brings/ The awful songs it makes you :,
: sing,ö Chatten says. ôAnd please donÆt lock yourself away/ Just :
:' appreciate the gray,ö he revises, adding, ôThereÆs no living to ':
,: a life/ Where all your fears are running rife.ö The ôNoö in the :,
: title might as well be directed at the band themselves. No, you :
:' canÆt define yourself in opposition to the rest of the world. ':
,: The Fontaines D.C. of ôNoö seem older and wiser than the band :,
: that declared ôI donÆt wanna belong to anyoneö at the beginning :
:' of this album, let alone the band that declared ôIÆm gonna be ':
,: big!ö at the beginning of the last one. If Dogrel showed that :,
: they can be big, then A HeroÆs Death shows that they can be :
:' whatever the hell they want. Fontaines D.C. are dead; long live ':
,: Fontaines D.C. Who knows who they might become next? :,
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