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Fontaines DC review – Dublin rockers strike out into the stratosphere
Rolling out new album Romance and an expansive change of direction, the band range from wistful to brutal in a small-scale gig of epic intensity
Post-punk to stadium goth is no vast leap, but it’s worth noting that Romance producer James Ford’s lengthy CV includes not only Arctic Monkeys – the band to whom Fontaines DC are most often compared in terms of positioning – but Depeche Mode’s most recent work. Across 45 minutes, Fontaines DC will perform a whistlestop tour of breakbeats, Nirvana and Pixies basslines ( Death Kink), nods to Smashing Pumpkins, dreampop and slacker rock ( Favourite), playing all new tracks bar two old songs. These bijou gigs are probably the last time fans will be close enough to see the glint of Chatten’s diamante-embossed socks This is the early evening matinee of a two-set night in south-west London, part of a low-key rollout for Romance before a full-size tour later this year.
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