Skinty Fia is an Irish phrase which translates to English as “the damnation of the deer” and the album’s cover art features a deer, plucked from its natural habitat and deposited in the hallway of a home, illuminated by an artificial red glow. The Irish giant deer is an extinct species and the band’s thoughts on Irish identity are central to Skinty Fia. While Dogrel was littered with snapshots of the Dublin characters – like the cabbie in “Boys In The Better Land” – and A Hero’s Death documented the dislocation and disconnection the band felt as they traveled the globe on tour, on Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. are addressing their Irishness from afar as they recreate new lives for themselves elsewhere. For a band whose hometown courses through their veins – “D.C.” stands for “Dublin City” – the album finds them trying to resolve the need to broaden their horizons with the affection they still feel for the land and people they’ve left behind.
There are echoes of Dogrel’ s rumbustious rock ’n’ roll, and the bleaker atmospheres of A Hero’s Death, but Skinty Fia, the third in the triumvirate, is much more expansive and cinematic. Fontaines D.C. are a band in a state of constant evolution and this time the result is an album of shifting moods, startling insight, maturity, and considerable emotional wallop.
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Fontaines D.C. on Tour:
March 2022 Mar-20 – Madrid, Spain @ La Riviera Mar-21 – Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz 3 Mar-23 – Milan, Italy @ Magazzini Generali Mar-24 – Zürich, Switzerland @ Dynamo Mar-25 – Munich, Germany @ Neue Theaterfabrik Mar-27 – Prague, Czech Republic @ Roxy Mar-28 – Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus Mar-29 – Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan Mar-31 – Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser
April 2022 Apr-1 – Oslo, Norway @ Vulkan Arena Apr-2 – Denmark, Copenhagen @ VEGA Apr-4 – Wiesbaden, Germany @ Schlachthof Apr-5 – Cologne, Germany @ Live Music Hall Apr-6 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli Vredenburg Apr-8 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix Apr-9 – Luxembourg, Luxembourg @ Den Atelier Apr-10 – Lille, France @ L’Aéronef Apr-11 – Paris, France @ Olympia Apr-21 – Washington D.C. @ 9:30 Club # Apr-22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts # Apr-23 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar # Apr-25 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club # Apr-26 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel # Apr-29 – Columbus, OH @ The A&R Music Bar # Apr-30 – Cleveland, OH @ The Beachland Ballroom #
May 2022 May-2 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre # May-3 – Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix # May-5 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall # May-6 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre # May-7 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue # May-9 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater # May-10 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell # May-12 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall# May-13 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre # May-14 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo # May-16 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom # May-18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater #
June 2022 Jun-3 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Jun-10 – Neuchâtel, Switzerland @ Festi’neuch Jun-11 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands @ Best Kept Secret Festival Jun-12 – Berlin, Germany @ Tempelhof Feld Jun-15 – Athens, Greece @ Release Athens Festival Jun-17 – Scheessel, Germany @ Hurricane Festival Jun-18 – Neuhausen Ob Eck, Germany @ Southside Festival Jun-20 – Zagreb, Croatia @ InMusic Festival Jun-29 – Roskilde, Denmark @ Roskilde Festival
July 2022 Jul-2 – Dublin, Ireland @ Iveagh Gardens Jul-3 – Dublin, Ireland @ Iveagh Gardens Jul-6 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Nos Alive Festival Jul-8 – Lytham St Annes, UK @ Lytham Festival (w/ The Strokes) Jul-9 – Glasgow, UK @ TRNSMT Festival Jul-14-17 – Carhaix, France @ Vieilles Charrues Jul-15 – London, UK @ Finsbury Park (w/ Sam Fender)
August 2022 Aug-12-14 – Helsinki, Finland @ Flow Festival Aug-15 – Budapest, Hungary @ Sziget Festival Aug-19-20 – Aérodrome Guéret Saint-Laurent, France @ Check In Party Aug-20 – Charleville Mezieres, France @ Cabaret Vert Aug-25 – Paris, France @ Rock en Seine Aug-27 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival Aug-28 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
September 2022 Sep-16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Primavera Sound
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