Fontaines D.C. today release a deluxe edition of their acclaimed fourth album ROMANCE. Available on all digital services via XL Recordings, ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition) adds three songs to the original 11 track album. In addition to recent new single ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’ and its stunning, Luna Carmoon-directed music video, the deluxe album also features the brand new, James Ford-produced song ‘Before You I Just Forget’. Completing the trio is a live, stripped-back version of ‘Starburster’ that sees the band melding their biggest song to date with David Lynch’s ‘In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)’, which originally featured on the soundtrack of Lynch’s 1977’s Eraserhead film.
2024 was a defining year for Fontaines D.C., with ROMANCE lauded as one of the year’s very best albums, cementing their status as one of the most exciting bands in contemporary music. Topping multiple ‘album of the year’ lists around the world, the James Ford-produced album was quickly certified gold in the UK and saw the band winning a BRIT Award and nominated for two GRAMMYs among a host of accolades; a celebration of Fontaines D.C.’s ambitious world-building and bold musical evolution. It received a host of five-star plaudits from the likes of NME, The Guardian and Rolling Stone UK while songwriting legend Elton John declared that they’re “the best band out there at the moment”. The 11-track masterpiece presents a bold leap forward for the band, weaving together ideas that have been percolating among Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O’Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan (bass), and Tom Coll (drums) since their acclaimed 2022 release, Skinty Fia. With its innovative sound and captivating artistry, ROMANCE cements Fontaines D.C.’s status as “the defining band of their generation” (NME).
PRAISE FOR ROMANCE:
“More abstract and widescreen than its predecessors, it is the statement record of a band who started out in Dublin but are leaving the past behind, to conquer the world” – Sunday Times, #1 album of the year
“If 2024 asked “what’s next?”, Fontaines replied, “what you got?”v– The Independent, #1 album of the year
“Romance arrived at a time of change for Fontaines D.C. A new label, a striking and divisive new look, and their first with the weight of ‘band of a generation’ tags on their shoulders. The effortlessness and power with which they lived up to – and surpassed – this expectation remains astounding” – Rolling Stone UK, #1 album of the year
“Romance’ was a total reinvigoration for dynamic guitar music, delivering a more widescreen sound and a vision of a band with near-limitless horizons” – Time Out, #1 album of the year
“It invites a bigger audience into Fontaines DC’s world, but it never begs them to accept. You suspect they’ll take up the offer regardless.” – The Guardian ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“The defining band of their generation” – NME ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Cementing their place as generational greats” – Rolling Stone UK ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“The future is here and it’s alive with possibility. One reason Romance feels so exciting is its affirmation of a renewed creative spirit” – MOJO ★ ★ ★ ★
“On fourth album Romance, the band retain their distinctive sound — impulsive riffs, poetic observations — but they have switched things up; their spiky poise feels more assured, their scope vaster than ever” – Financial Times ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“It’s a stunning record, one of depth but also immediacy; it exists to be adored.” – Clash ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Their most outward-looking, most complete, most rewarding album to date.” – The Observer ★ ★ ★ ★
“The brilliance of Romance lies in its unsettling blend of antic energy with refined craft—in the depths of detachment, Fontaines D.C. strike an engaging pose.” – Pitchfork
“Fontaines D.C. have evolved, rather than diluted, their sound, and the success of Romance shows that it’s still possible to sell out arenas without selling out” – Dazed, albums of the year
“A game-changing masterpiece” – Dork ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Fontaines D.C.
ROMANCE (Deluxe Edition)
16th April 2025
XL Recordings
- Romance
- Starburster
- Here’s The Thing
- Desire
- In The Modern World
- Bug
- Motorcycle Boy
- Sundowner
- Horseness Is The Whatness
- Death Kink
- Favourite
- It’s Amazing To Be Young
- Before You I Just Forget
- Starburster / In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)
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