Fontaines D.C. confirm new album is “wrapped up”
Fontaines D.C., Ireland’s acclaimed band, have sparked excitement among fans by confirming that their forthcoming third album is now complete. The anticipation is further heightened by the possibility that we may hear new material before the year’s end.
The band’s frontman, Grian Chatten, explained all during a recent interview with Matt Wilkinson on his Apple Music 1 show. “It’s done,” he said. “I can’t tell you when it’s going to be released, but we did hope to have it out a lot earlier.”
Chatten explained the reasons for the band taking their time to release the follow-up to last year’s A Hero’s Death: “I think we originally hoped to have it kind of now-ish, but because of Covid and all that, it pushed things back a bit because we never toured our second album. I think there’s a slight chance you might hear something earlier than next year.”
Wilkinson also asked Chatten about the hot prospect of collaborating with rapper Slowthai, to which he responded: “I would in a heartbeat, yeah. Absolutely. I’m up for whatever, to be honest. I’m there at the drop of a hat”.
Chatten elucidated on why the collaboration is yet to come to fruition, stating: “It’s something we’ve flirted with for a while. But I don’t know, if it happens, it happens. We’d do it if there was an organic impetus for it. If there felt like there was an idea, if it was led by an idea, then we’d do it.”
Fontaines D.C. have established themselves as a remarkably prolific band, with their sophomore album following just a year after their critically acclaimed debut, Dogrel, in 2019. In March of this year, they informed fans that the mixing of their third album was already complete.
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