Dogrel
by Fontaines D.C.

From johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/11/2019 20:29 | #239338 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

The 2010’s have been a particularly rough decade for Indie Rock and Rock in general. It’s been easy to become weary of UK/US artistes with nothing interesting to say no matter how many ideas are thrown at the wall.
Cometh the hour, cometh the man and the most engaging and idiosyncratic frontman is a North county Dublin man who’s calling time on the bullshit we’re all floating in. Tunes, this band have them, some with the ability to make you go weak at the knees (Roy’s Tune, Dublin City Sky).
The future’s bright, the future’s Irish.

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/29/2019 06:44 | #240497 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

As far as debuts go this ones a beauty

I love albums and groups who name check their home land and FONTAINES D.C deliver in spades putting the listener right in the heart of Dublin full of characters , beer , fighting and cigarettes

The best is kept for last with the simply stunning closer "Dublin City Sky" described perfectly by All Music User Kernan Andrews on April 11, 2019 thus:

"IMAGINE A song which sounds as though it were written by Shane McGowan, but performed by The Velvet Underground. That song is 'Dublin City Sky', the closing track on Fontaines D.C.'s debut album"

Sir you are a genius and have hit the nail on the head

If you have never heard this album its like Parquet Courts transplanted into Dublin and its the best album in 2019 thus far (to August)

The year 2019 will certainly be that of Fontaines D.C. which is an Irish quintet also having a say on Brexit. With their unparalleled punk spirit, get ready for a devastating storm with their debut album "Dogrel". Idles and Girl Band will have to worry because Fontaines D.C. does not joke with their incendiary and protesting punk-rock. The Dublin quintet is also inspired by Parquet Courts and Joy Division. The guitar sound hits as the distinguished and falsely phlegmatic vocals of Grian Chatten blend into the crowd. Yes, he sings wrong ... and luckily I want to say. Fontaines D.C. does not hesitate to criticize the current society while denouncing the Irish youth in perdition as well as the political excesses that result from this fucking Brexit. In these dark times, it's time for revolt and the Dublin band delivers their message with their furious and punchy punk-rock compositions.

8/10

Best track: "Television Screens"

From zags7000 08/24/2019 08:22 | #241628 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

This album gets better with each song. It starts off strong but at the start of Roy's Tune you know you're listening to something special. The last three songs are really great and closes with Dublin City Sky which is certainly a song of the year contender. Overall, a terrific debut.

From Cargusbralem 08/15/2019 17:06 | #241205 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Great debut! I'm really curious about how this band's sound will evolve in the future.