I fell in love with this ban when someone put it on a playlist back in 2020. I haven't heard anything like this band in AGES. I'm 59. This band makes me feel young again.
They're solid on every level. Top class musicians, top class performers and top class poets/lyricists. I remember hearing Too Real a few years ago and i was taken aback by the poetry. Had to go and listen to the rest of their stuff. You can tell outright that they are passionate about what they write and how they write it. The words arent there to serve as space fillers, they're half of the substance. A lot of bands are fantastic musicians but lyrically just arent up to scratch. Fontaines DC are truly craftsmen on every level required. Next thing for me is to see them perform live. Ive heard great things and i think Grian is a versatile front man who easily carries the weight of his role. The best irish band we have. Possibly the best young band in general that we have at the moment.
Heard "Starburster" on local radio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA and loved it. Going to check out more of their stuff. I really love in the chorus where he takes a huge gasp of air and makes it part of the song. Going against the cardinal rule of singing.
Somehow I didn't learn about Chaos for the Fly until after I had made this video - I would have mentioned it otherwise! But yes, great album! Really shows another side of Grian.
Bizarre to have missed it- was on heavy rotation on 6Music. One of those albums that encourages obsessive replays. Some decent vids on YT. It's a lovely sidestep.
I discovered Fontaines DC when A Hero's Death was released. As a 16 years old at the time, I was going through a lot in this period, but I fell in love with their music and Grian's poetry. It healed me and made me stronger. Now all I can say is that they're my favorite band, Skinty Fia is on my top 5 albums of all time, I Love You is one of my favorite songs ever released and I can't waut to hear Romance in full (Starbuster is already on repeat since it's release) 🖤
Once I had the luck of meeting Grian just out and about in my city while they were touring near me, he seems incredibly down to earth and is lovely to any fans who meet him :)
Thank you for this video!!! I’ve been obsessed with the sound of this band for a couple weeks and now I have some more background information on their lives. This was excellent and your takes on the interpretation of there albums we super helpful with understanding the context they were written in. Ahh so excited for Romance to drop in August, absolutely OBSESSED with there sound and lyrics
Massive Fontaines fan but I think the fall deserves a mention as there clearly influenced by them, even the band said so at the start of their career, if you don't know the fall u gotta
They came to Los Angeles, I felt like I was watching Liam imitating Mark E Smith …. Definitely a tough gig , We didn’t expect them to be so eloquent, but real!! Great doc!!!
Big Fontaines DC fan from Weston Super Mare, seen them at the 02 academy in Bristol, Glastonbury other stage, will be there next month to see them headline the Park Stage and have tickets for them in Cardiff in November. New album sounds like its going to be unreal!
Only found them over summer, their aesthetic on Romance is unreal, I saw Starburster on Jools Holland and thought they were an American ska/emo band kinda like Good Charlotte... thank you for covering this band
We love Fontaines D.C.! 💚Just to say that they did record the first version of 'A Hero's Death' in LA, but did not like it, so recorded it again with Producer Dan Carey (who also did Dogrel and Skinty Fia). Looking forward to the next album for sure. 🤩
This was such an insightful video, brilliant work!! I've been listening to them for a few years, and Starburster has me in a chokehold at the moment - also the teaser video they released of Romance is SO exciting, i can't wait to listen to the entire album! I'm going to see them play in Cardiff in November, can't wait!!
Great video. Have you heard of The Clockworks, they're another irish band that kind of remind me of fontaines' earlier stuff. If not I highly recommend
Just found fdc and their new single and having listened to it feel I've experienced something so totally new and brilliant. Gald to not be able to define what's it about. Looking foward to new streets untrodden, clip klop, clip klop, livealiveoh!
It's nice to hear Ireland has events trying showcase new talent. We need good new talented musicians and songwriters, and especially singers. Someone that doesn't sound like Cookie Monster. LOL. All the old greats are just that getting old, and there needs to be a passing of the torch so that music and its importance (and yes music is very important. Maybe the most important) stays relevant. I listen on average to 4 hours of music a day and don't watch television, especially the news. I can assure everyone that is the cure you are looking for. I'm sure Fontaines D.C. would agree. "Life Without Music Would be a Mistake".
Love this video been a Dubliner I can see this lad has certainly done his homework and done it brilliantly.....is there a band on planet earth with four albums on the bounce all classic albums in there own right.
@@MusicMongooseYou're welcome! I love England's English 😂 Let me know if you find yourself in need of assistance to talk about flamenco or Rosalía 😂✌️ I would be pleased to help 😊
There new single Bug has now made me a bigger fan than i have been. Starburster grabbed my attention also but Bug is by far there best song imo. Its one of those you play over and over and it just keeps getting better.
As i read from their latest bio, ROMANCE is the band’s first album with producer James Ford. Tracing back their last tour as opener act to Arctic Monkeys, for sure we all know / can guess how was the cross section between Fontaines DC and James Ford happened since James Ford is really close to Arctic Monkeys , and also the producer of Favourite Worst Nightmare, The Last Shadow’s Puppets’s album.
I stayed in the Liberties when I visited Dublin for the first time in December. me and my brother are huge Fontaines fans, so when we stumbled across the Liberty Belle, we were elated. we went in, and honestly? not only the best pub we went to in Dublin, but the best pub I've been to in my life.
And it doesn't hurt if your lead singer happens to be "cute". As long as he can still sing, right? To some extent? We've certainly have seen the bands where looks supercede talent as a frontman or woman of a band. And plenty of ugly really talented singers as well. In a band you "hope" the focus is on the music. Something missing in what is considered "modern popular" music today. Music is not dead. Not Rock and Roll or any genre. You just need to make sure you have "good" rock bands, or any band of any genre. And no as a musician i can say that is not "subjective" when it comes to music. Music gets blurred when seen foremost as "art". Because music isn't meant to be seen, but "heard".
Don't care about their new visual image. And even though I don't dislike their new music, I wish they'd stayed closer to the style of their debut. Darklands versions sound even better to me.
Hmm I don't belong is a political statement abt brexit, the good Friday agreement and borders..why you think he's in the sea......... Irish border.. taps nose 💃🇮🇪
Yikes, I knew that the Anti Irish’s sentiment was on the increase in Britain due to Brexit , which clashed with Covid , but the way that the narrator spoke , it suggested it was over Covid lockdowns etc . I like the way that the group didn’t over do the Orishenss like others such as The Pogues or others . They are believable . The potato lark in this day and age is hilarious, since the standard of living in Ireland, even during the last recession of 2008- 2013 was a lot kinder and more forgiving than life in Britain eg welfare assistance , cost of living etc . Just goes to show how piss poor the English argument is if they have to resort that old colonial notions of superiority It’s also a bit outrageous to be waffling to lads who were barely born in the late 1980s ie the end period of the IRA reign. But sure, let’s remind London of their Role in Bloody Sunday, Ballymurphy , Dublin- Monaghan etc Surprised with that the narrator was into the band Good research .
@@MusicMongoose omfg i can't believe you replied 💀i watched your idles video afterwards and i noticed you did look more like a real human so congrats!!
The language is Irish, not Gaelic. Irish in Irish in Gaeilge. Gaelic is the name for some Sports and other things but the language is just Irish, when you're speaking English.
Keep loving them- some are indeed Irish, they were mostly brought up there. Even if they had all just settled in Ireland, must they remain mute? How many generations before they 'belong' enough to comment? In these days of fluid identity, can an artist not explore such notions and connection to a place unless they are entirely 'pure'? I was born in Northern Ireland to a Welsh mother and Scottish father, both with an English parent. Would you allow me to talk only of the Union? Idles are accused of fraudulence by Jason Williamson, of being inauthentic due to their middle class background. Joe Talbot talks quite eloquently about this- worth a listen.
Grian born in England of an English Mom and Irish Dad. Deego, Curley and Tom Coll born & raised in Ireland. Carlos O’Connel , an Irish father and Spanish mother grew up in Spain but returned to Ireland for college.
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Bumped into Grian at the airport, he was very respectful
I fell in love with this ban when someone put it on a playlist back in 2020. I haven't heard anything like this band in AGES. I'm 59. This band makes me feel young again.
They're solid on every level. Top class musicians, top class performers and top class poets/lyricists.
I remember hearing Too Real a few years ago and i was taken aback by the poetry. Had to go and listen to the rest of their stuff. You can tell outright that they are passionate about what they write and how they write it. The words arent there to serve as space fillers, they're half of the substance.
A lot of bands are fantastic musicians but lyrically just arent up to scratch. Fontaines DC are truly craftsmen on every level required.
Next thing for me is to see them perform live. Ive heard great things and i think Grian is a versatile front man who easily carries the weight of his role. The best irish band we have. Possibly the best young band in general that we have at the moment.
Met Grian in a pub in Bristol, what a talented and lovely man
Heard "Starburster" on local radio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA and loved it. Going to check out more of their stuff. I really love in the chorus where he takes a huge gasp of air and makes it part of the song. Going against the cardinal rule of singing.
Grian Chatten’s solo album is sooooo good
Somehow I didn't learn about Chaos for the Fly until after I had made this video - I would have mentioned it otherwise! But yes, great album! Really shows another side of Grian.
Totally agree there. Album of the year imho, gets better on every listen.
Bizarre to have missed it- was on heavy rotation on 6Music. One of those albums that encourages obsessive replays. Some decent vids on YT. It's a lovely sidestep.
I discovered Fontaines DC when A Hero's Death was released. As a 16 years old at the time, I was going through a lot in this period, but I fell in love with their music and Grian's poetry. It healed me and made me stronger.
Now all I can say is that they're my favorite band, Skinty Fia is on my top 5 albums of all time, I Love You is one of my favorite songs ever released and I can't waut to hear Romance in full (Starbuster is already on repeat since it's release) 🖤
I hope you like Favourite !!
Dogrel still their best
Once I had the luck of meeting Grian just out and about in my city while they were touring near me, he seems incredibly down to earth and is lovely to any fans who meet him :)
Such a good singer and such a good guitarist. I love this band. Make them so popular that they do a Europe tour please.
Found them in January of this year and the past month I’ve been absolutely captivated by them, can’t wait to see them live in la
Fontaines fan from Bristol, here! Going to see them for the first time in Dublin this November - can’t f*cking wait!
Hello there! I’m from Clevedon - not far from Bristol! I’ve made a video about Bristol-based IDLES too - check it out on my channel! 😁
Totally agree! Been there since the beginning and I’m sure I will be there long after anyone cares about them! Great video!
Thank you for this video!!! I’ve been obsessed with the sound of this band for a couple weeks and now I have some more background information on their lives. This was excellent and your takes on the interpretation of there albums we super helpful with understanding the context they were written in. Ahh so excited for Romance to drop in August, absolutely OBSESSED with there sound and lyrics
Thanks for the kind words and welcome to the world of Fontaines D.C. ! 😁👍
Massive Fontaines fan but I think the fall deserves a mention as there clearly influenced by them, even the band said so at the start of their career, if you don't know the fall u gotta
Great video and the perfect way to introduce someone to the band
Thanks so much 😁
This video is amazing mate thanks a lot for this! I thought i knew a lot about the band but this has taught me so much
Glad you liked it!
I just learned about them a few months ago and I'm obsessed. Very nice job on this video!
They came to Los Angeles, I felt like I was watching Liam imitating Mark E Smith …. Definitely a tough gig , We didn’t expect them to be so eloquent, but real!! Great doc!!!
my favourite band, i love to analyse music and their lyrics myself and this video was a treat to watch thanks mate!
I discovered these guys literally yesterday, very excited to get to know them more.
I'm a new fan of the Mongoose. Thanks for the great Docu-Pod! Please consider doing a Docu on one of my favorite new bands, 'Brutus' from Belgium.
I really enjoyed this video. Well done.
Big Fontaines DC fan from Weston Super Mare, seen them at the 02 academy in Bristol, Glastonbury other stage, will be there next month to see them headline the Park Stage and have tickets for them in Cardiff in November. New album sounds like its going to be unreal!
People should give them a try, they're worth to listen, nice video
Only found them over summer, their aesthetic on Romance is unreal, I saw Starburster on Jools Holland and thought they were an American ska/emo band kinda like Good Charlotte... thank you for covering this band
The “A Hero’s Death” LA recordings were scrapped and they re-recorded the album with Dan Carey in London
Mannn im so curious to hear the recordings from LA. Probably won't hold up to Dan Carey's work, but would be so interesting to hear
We love Fontaines D.C.! 💚Just to say that they did record the first version of 'A Hero's Death' in LA, but did not like it, so recorded it again with Producer Dan Carey (who also did Dogrel and Skinty Fia). Looking forward to the next album for sure. 🤩
Awesome thanks for the info!
really great content! I just found out Fontaines a few weeks ago and this was perfect.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the kind words 😁
Same I here, I heard them for the first time a month ago and it’s all I’ve been listening to since 😂❤️ they’re incredible
I came across this review looking for more info on my new favorite band. Your analysis is excellent. Thanks!
Awesome, thank you! Welcome to the Music Mongoose pack!
This was such an insightful video, brilliant work!! I've been listening to them for a few years, and Starburster has me in a chokehold at the moment - also the teaser video they released of Romance is SO exciting, i can't wait to listen to the entire album!
I'm going to see them play in Cardiff in November, can't wait!!
Nicely done. I first discovered them in the fall of 2018 and it’s been a great ride. You captured it well imo.
Amazing video! Im ovsessed with whis band since I discovered them in 2021
Great video. Have you heard of The Clockworks, they're another irish band that kind of remind me of fontaines' earlier stuff. If not I highly recommend
I haven’t - I’ll check them out! Thanks 😁
Just found fdc and their new single and having listened to it feel I've experienced something so totally new and brilliant. Gald to not be able to define what's it about. Looking foward to new streets untrodden, clip klop, clip klop, livealiveoh!
It's nice to hear Ireland has events trying showcase new talent. We need good new talented musicians and songwriters, and especially singers. Someone that doesn't sound like Cookie Monster. LOL. All the old greats are just that getting old, and there needs to be a passing of the torch so that music and its importance (and yes music is very important. Maybe the most important) stays relevant. I listen on average to 4 hours of music a day and don't watch television, especially the news. I can assure everyone that is the cure you are looking for. I'm sure Fontaines D.C. would agree. "Life Without Music Would be a Mistake".
Youve gotta do one of these videos for Wunderhorse in a few years time when theyre a few albums in. Great video
Totally! I'm a big fan of Wunderhorse!
@@MusicMongoose great to hear! Will keep a lookout for the video 🤞👍 what do u think of the new singles they've had out?
Ugh yes! They’re so good.
Great overview - well done man.
Thanks! Much appreciated.
Followed these guys from the start. The absolute dogs !!!!
I love this band!! Especially for their lyrics:)
And you best believe, if I am feeling miserable about my life, I listen to the song „a hero’s death“.
Very mint review there pal, well in
Remember the raw passion 🌱🥁💌
Great anaylsis of Fontaines d.c man, fantastic video!
Love this video been a Dubliner I can see this lad has certainly done his homework and done it brilliantly.....is there a band on planet earth with four albums on the bounce all classic albums in there own right.
I really enjoyed this video. Care for music and music will care for you. Blessings.
Thanks! Much appreciated
@@MusicMongooseYou're welcome! I love England's English 😂 Let me know if you find yourself in need of assistance to talk about flamenco or Rosalía 😂✌️ I would be pleased to help 😊
Amazing! Cant wair for nore vids my man
Thanks! If you enjoyed this one, you might enjoy my videos on IDLES and Wet Leg - you can find them on my channel 😊
There new single Bug has now made me a bigger fan than i have been. Starburster grabbed my attention also but Bug is by far there best song imo. Its one of those you play over and over and it just keeps getting better.
Great tune
thought they were named after di fontaines, a pizza place near a venue they used to play
class way to end a nightout if you're ever in the area
Great band, great vid! Love your content
Thanks so much!
The band of my generation
Best new BAND!
I love the editing man! Where did you get the software for your audio? 😎👍🏾
Thanks, much appreciated! I use Adobe Audition for my audio and Motion Array for sound effects, etc.
@@MusicMongoose thanks for letting me know! I'll consider those for my videos as well. Thank you 👍🏾👍🏾!
Good band. Thanks.
As i read from their latest bio, ROMANCE is the band’s first album with producer James Ford.
Tracing back their last tour as opener act to Arctic Monkeys, for sure we all know / can guess how was the cross section between Fontaines DC and James Ford happened since James Ford is really close to Arctic Monkeys , and also the producer of Favourite Worst Nightmare, The Last Shadow’s Puppets’s album.
It's shaping up to be a monumental album!
@@MusicMongoose and the single ‘Starbuster’ is totally a banger 💯
I'm obsessed with it!
#1 Most chatgpt written script for a video of all time
Can you talk about the new album?
theres a pizza place in Dublin called Di Fontaines which i heard influenced the name.
The Liberty Bell is a pub.
I stayed in the Liberties when I visited Dublin for the first time in December. me and my brother are huge Fontaines fans, so when we stumbled across the Liberty Belle, we were elated. we went in, and honestly? not only the best pub we went to in Dublin, but the best pub I've been to in my life.
It’s basically Dustin the turkey at the Eurovision.
I think Rock music is getting better again
favorite album of all time, but only top 3 of the previous decade?
Sick one, silly sausage
🌭🌭🌭
And it doesn't hurt if your lead singer happens to be "cute". As long as he can still sing, right? To some extent? We've certainly have seen the bands where looks supercede talent as a frontman or woman of a band. And plenty of ugly really talented singers as well. In a band you "hope" the focus is on the music. Something missing in what is considered "modern popular" music today. Music is not dead. Not Rock and Roll or any genre. You just need to make sure you have "good" rock bands, or any band of any genre. And no as a musician i can say that is not "subjective" when it comes to music. Music gets blurred when seen foremost as "art". Because music isn't meant to be seen, but "heard".
Yes, both music and art are inherently subjective. If you were a musician you would know that.
Don't care about their new visual image. And even though I don't dislike their new music, I wish they'd stayed closer to the style of their debut. Darklands versions sound even better to me.
Hmm I don't belong is a political statement abt brexit, the good Friday agreement and borders..why you think he's in the sea......... Irish border.. taps nose 💃🇮🇪
If I couldn't see you speaking I'd be sure this voice was A.I
Nice video though
Well that’s worrying
Take a shot every time he says Dublin
Yikes, I knew that the Anti Irish’s sentiment was on the increase in Britain due to Brexit , which clashed with Covid , but the way that the narrator spoke , it suggested it was over Covid lockdowns etc .
I like the way that the group didn’t over do the Orishenss like others such as The Pogues or others . They are believable .
The potato lark in this day and age is hilarious, since the standard of living in Ireland, even during the last recession of 2008- 2013 was a lot kinder and more forgiving than life in Britain eg welfare assistance , cost of living etc . Just goes to show how piss poor the English argument is if they have to resort that old colonial notions of superiority
It’s also a bit outrageous to be waffling to lads who were barely born in the late 1980s ie the end period of the IRA reign. But sure, let’s remind London of their Role in Bloody Sunday, Ballymurphy , Dublin- Monaghan etc
Surprised with that the narrator was into the band Good research .
is this guy ai or not i need to know
Are you asking if I (the very clearly human man talking on camera) am AI? I don't think AI is quite that good yet...
@@MusicMongoose omfg i can't believe you replied 💀i watched your idles video afterwards and i noticed you did look more like a real human so congrats!!
The language is Irish, not Gaelic. Irish in Irish in Gaeilge. Gaelic is the name for some Sports and other things but the language is just Irish, when you're speaking English.
Love fontaines. Learning from this none of them are actually Irish surely destroys the whole narrative?
Keep loving them- some are indeed Irish, they were mostly brought up there. Even if they had all just settled in Ireland, must they remain mute? How many generations before they 'belong' enough to comment? In these days of fluid identity, can an artist not explore such notions and connection to a place unless they are entirely 'pure'? I was born in Northern Ireland to a Welsh mother and Scottish father, both with an English parent. Would you allow me to talk only of the Union?
Idles are accused of fraudulence by Jason Williamson, of being inauthentic due to their middle class background. Joe Talbot talks quite eloquently about this- worth a listen.
Its an industry plant why are you surprised
Grian born in England of an English Mom and Irish Dad. Deego, Curley and Tom Coll born & raised in Ireland. Carlos O’Connel , an Irish father and Spanish mother grew up in Spain but returned to Ireland for college.
The worst hyped band
agreed
One of the most overrated bands ever.
Overrated?!?!?! Get the fuck outta here. I think they need to be more hyped up!