2020’s A Hero’s Death saw Fontaines D.C. land a #2 in Ireland and the UK, receive nominations at the GRAMMYs, BRITs and Ivor Novello Awards, and sell out London’s iconic Alexandra Palace. Now the band return with their third record in as many years: Skinty Fia. Used colloquially as an expletive, the title roughly translates from the Irish language into English as “the damnation of the deer”; the spelling crassly anglicized, and its meaning diluted through generations. Part bittersweet romance, part darkly political triumph – the songs ultimately form a long-distance love letter, one that laments an increasingly privatized culture in danger of going the way of the extinct Irish giant deer. A1 In ar gCroíthe go deo A2 Big Shot A3 How Cold Love Is A4 Jackie Down The Line A5 Bloomsday B1 Roman Holiday B2 The Couple Across The Way B3 Skinty Fia B4 I Love You B5 Nabokov *no purchase necessary to enter the competition, simply email SKINTY FIA to info@towerrecords.ie
