Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia 1960s Records His own performance itself steered

His own performance itself steered a careful balance between too-easy accessibility and maudlin self-reflection

evoking the steadfast and contemplative urgency of The Trials of Van Occupanther to back a lyric steeped in yearning for a paradisal time and place of hope and optimism

Miss this at your peril

’ and the all- conquering ‘Valerie’

The passing of time and what that does to us

Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia 1960s Records His own performance itself steered2020s A Heros Death saw Fontaines D. C. land a number 2 album in the UK, receive nominations at the Grammy's, Brit's and Ivor Novello Awards, and sell out Londons 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