Stay in the loop with the latest style news and get an exclusive 10% off when you subscribe to our emails. Their songs are shot through with youthful exhilaration and the bite-marks of early adulthood, the big nights out and the fretful hangovers that follow. The YouTuber posted two Instagram photos announcing the proposal: One showed the gorgeous sea and blue sky that provided a romantic backdrop for the special moment, and the other showed the engagement ring on Grians fiances finger. Ive spent my whole life trying to reconcile those two parts of myself and I think thats the reason that I became so fascinated in Irish culture really because I was trying to prove to myself and prove to other people that I was as Irish, if not more Irish, than other people because itd make me feel more at home. His lyrics feel distinctly personal, but not conceited. Proving that girls can wanna have fun while also sticking two fingers up to the pricks, Cardiff quartet Panic Shack are a bundle of unapologetic energy that harness the power of both. I think he just felt kind of consumed by the spirit of [Nabokovs] writing and wanted to relay that musically. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time I guess the opposite of Dogrel would be high class poetry. Capturing the feeling of living in Dublin as it balances historical weight with financial upheaval, the singer Grian Chattan makes his statement of intent by announcing in a monotone rant on the opener, Big: Dublin in the rain is mine, a pregnant city with a Catholic mind. Im typically a quite reserved, shy person. "Liberty Belle" is in homage to the Liberties, a neighbourhood in Dublin where many band members lived. [9] The 2019 video for the song Conor Curley co-wrote called "Roy's Tune" was directed by Liam Papadachi and was inspired by Curley's late night walks home from a job at a burrito shop. Nothing can tamper with that. The first single, the sinister Jackie Down the Line, is out now and, below, Chatten breaks down every track of the upcoming evolution of Fontaines D.C. In r gCrothe go deo [19][31][9] They played nine sets at SXSW 2019 over the course of five days, selling out venues, and count Gilla Band as a major influence.[27][32]. But he gave me something to prove, like yours did. Out of fear. Well I think almost all music comes from a working class background and then it gets commandeered by the upper classes. I was in my flat, upset at 6.00am, raging against the rest of the world and feeling like a freak because I couldnt sleep. A sleep therapist advised him to decide on a time to wake up every day and stick to it, regardless of when he went to bed. "Televised Mind" did not enter the Irish Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the Irish Homegrown Top 20 chart. Grian posts regularly, and his videos rarely get below three million views. The criticism is a surprise considering the band known for their strong Irish identity - have a huge fan base in Britain. ""[30], In 2019, the band extensively toured fifty cities throughout Ireland, Europe, and North America. Would you consider Dublin your first love? Funnily enough Im one of the only people that actually sings in an Irish accent from Ireland there. "" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "Televised Mind" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 59 on the UK Singles Sales Chart Top 100. I feel guilty for having left. I think if you write about yourself you sound like a narcissist, he says, but if you write about yourself without meaning to, then youre really writing about other people., Many of the tracks on Skinty Fia were informed by the bands relocation to London and questions about home and belonging hang over the whole album. Thats what I think Im doing. [38] Three further singles were released from the album: "I Don't Belong", "Televised Mind" and "A Lucid Dream". Stories play a big role in your songwriting. I should be living at night!. Grian and his wife had planned to travel a lot before getting married, but the coronavirus pandemic forced them to postpone those plans. "Skinty Fia" did not enter the Irish Singles Chart, but peaked at number three on the Irish Homegrown Top 20 chart. You tell all these stories about eccentric Irish characters and people you meet in pubs. Tour diary: The Muckers, Anemone, Chai, and Rubblebucket @ Treefort Fest. It was beautiful, I remember the coffee there. Its expansive and loose where their first two records were tightly wound. I have a sort of soft spot for the accent as well because I was born up in Cumbria, a town called Barrow-in-Furness. This interview should have happened backstage at a Swiss music festival last summer. They put those words on her gravestone, but the church of England ruled it was at risk of being perceived as a political slogan, so they refused to allow it. Im kind of saying that this is the last time Im going to sort of trace the steps of [James] Joyce and Flann OBrien and Patrick Kavanagh and walk these streets and be in love with the rain and in love with the pubs and the stone buildings and the ghosts of the past. Absolutely. He is one of the best Minecraft players around, and he keeps his 5.86 million subscribers entertained by coming up with unique Minecraft ideas that you cant find anywhere else on the internet. 'To consider Irishness as inherently sort of linked to the IRA or terrorism, or anything like that, its just deeply upsetting to hear', Want all the latest Showbiz news direct to your inbox? I have this kind of strange feeling of guilt toward my leaving of Ireland. Grian: I didnt like poetry at school, we didnt have a member of the education system to make it feel like it could be ours, we just had a woman whose voice was so dull that she rendered all the poems blank pages. Quick Bio and Wiki Did You Know? The words basically mean in our hearts forever. Its just the heartfelt message, but the church of England itself ruled that it was at risk of being perceived as a political slogan, so they refused to allow the Irish language to exist on an Irish persons gravestone. Theres a lot of covert prejudice and stereotypes still kept alive by people here, he says, either little micro-aggressions or blatant racism towards Irish people. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I think its him crying in real life because I dont think it makes any sense as a dramatic decision on his part as an actor. People tend to think they know everything, obviously when theyve had a few pints in them. "Too Real" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but charted as an extra tip on the Flanders Ultratop Bubbling Under chart. Not many accents can carry that spectrum of emotion.John: Id rather sound like you! So I learned about 15 poems and managed to build the book. Grian's first episode was on October 1, 2017. Yeah exactly, its just got that beautiful sort of pain because when you love something youre basically giving it license to hurt you, and Dublin definitely has license to hurt me. [10][11] Prior to starting Fontaines D.C., Chatten was a part of local indie rock bands Gun Runner and Thumbprint, serving as a drummer and guitarist/singer respectively. There is also a frank . Thats that mutation. Apart from entertaining his followers, Grian uses his platform to raise money for charity and to sensitize his fans on various causes around the world. As featured in the November 2020 issue of DIY, out now. Their third album Skinty Fia, released in 2022, became the band's first to reach number one on the Irish Albums Chart and UK Albums Chart. Grian thinks a lot. As frontman and chief lyricist of the Dublin post-punk quintet Fontaines D.C., Chatten has channelled life growing up in Ireland into his bands music, songs that take in themes of mental health, corrupt governments, religion and community. A lot of it is revealing itself to me to be largely informed and influenced by Irishness existing in England, Chatten says of the LP, and mutating and becoming a new kind of culture in general.. Whoever hasnt written anything for it yet has to find something that suits that feeling or has to dig or sympathize with that feeling. As frontman and chief lyricist of the Dublin post-punk quintet Fontaines D.C., Chatten has channelled life growing up in Ireland into his band's music, songs that take in themes of mental health, corrupt governments, religion and community. Frontman Grian Chatten breaks down the band's third album track by track, Grian Chatten, center, says that Fontaines D.C.'s new album 'Skinty Fia' is "largely informed and influenced by Irishness existing in England. Would you ever want people to tell your story like that, in the same way youre telling theirs? Technically speaking, Grian Chatten is in fact English. John, repaying the compliment, is full of admiration for Fontaines. If she drops something, shed say, Ah, skinty fia. It roughly translates as the damnation of the deer. I dont know, it sounds like mutation and doom and inevitability and all these things that I felt were congruous to my idea of Irishness abroad. [Conor] Curley, our guitarist, wrote all the music and the title. [34] On 14 July 2020, they performed a live set from Dublin's iconic Kilmainham Gaol as part of the live television series Other Voices. The London-based designer's first official menswear collection reached stores earlier this year, and the second just debuted at her latest show. I think the lyrics are about almost like a perverse take on its compromise in a relationship sort of rendered as civility. [9] Stereogum, who premiered "Chequeless Reckless" in early 2018, described their sound "a synthesis between post-punk, garage rock, and a kind of gritty, urbane sense of rhythm and narrative" and naming them a 'Band To Watch'. Youd hear them really screaming at each other. But it depends on how much culture well see on the road because if we dont see too much culture then we just come back often frustrated and overworked. Im sure I want to prove something to the people that inspire me who are often dead. What do you think Ireland should be focusing on? Words: Patrick Clarke Oh man, Id have to say Yeats. In May 2020, he helped raise money for a food drive in South Africa. Their music namechecks literary figures such as James Joyce and Brendan Behan, with Dublins Liberties where the band met in college as the backdrop. The tap is always half on. If a band has a good message on paper but is too fashionable, too concerned with fashion, its just very difficult for me to listen to them because I cant take them seriously. I think she was an Irish woman who moved to Coventry. Met Eireann has pinpointed a two-week period where 'weather warnings or impactful weather are possible'. In this episode, Grian Chatten reads "The Windhover" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Three albums later, the parameters have changed. Yeah. If you guys are making Dogrel music is there an example of high class music? I got hold of your stuff last night and I like your style, the overcoat, the look, the voice, these are all the ingredients to make great records. interview, It was all very hormonal, a my vocabularys bigger than his kind of thing. How do you think non-poetic figures and objects can influence your writing?John: And my other big influence was Sir Peter OSullivan, the racing commentator in the 50s, 60s and 70s, you can get albums of his famous races. She was an Irish-speaking person, like strictly Irish-speaking, exclusively Irish-speaking person. For the first time ever, I was enthusiastic about something and became good at it. Its the only song in the album whose lyrics I didnt write. But at the same time when Joyce chooses to reveal his heart its such a profoundly powerful, impactful experience. "[28] The Guardian gave the album a five-star review, hailing it as a "perfect debut", and commending Chatten for embracing the Dublin accent. Hed say, Name one famous poet thats ever made a living out of it!. "Big" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but charted as an extra tip on the Flanders Ultratop Bubbling Under chart. Grian posted a video on 12th June 2016 stating that he didnt believe that he could gain that much in such a short time. [17] In May 2017, Fontaines released the single "Liberty Belle" followed by "Hurricane Laughter"/"Winter In the Sun". We want to hear it. One of the main reasons I dont think of poetry as an elitist pursuit anymore is because of people like John.. He explained how the track In ar gCroithe go deo, which means: In our hearts forever was about the story of Margaret Keane, an Irishwoman who moved to Coventry. Its what makes this songwriting dynamo tick. Fontaines DCs A Heros Death is out now via Partisan. Dogrel is out April 12th via Partisan Records pre-order the album here. 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It saved him from himself. I realized that that was an interesting place for me to go on the next record., The rest of the album took shape back in London during dreamy night sessions at the bands rehearsal space. Is there someone specific you want to prove anything to? Latest weather models confirm that a bitter cold snap is on the way for Ireland. Fontaines D.C. were on the crest of a wave as the pandemic ground the world to a halt in March 2020, their Mercury-nominated debut already a hit and A Heros Death ready for release. Aside from what you bond over what do you and your bandmates disagree about? John, theres a sequence in your book about a teacher who organised poetry competitions that were almost like rap battlesJohn: It was a tough school. Joyce would be more intellectually orientated, for most of his writings. Shop now, Spend to save up to 25% off new-season items with code SPENDTOSAVE. Something weve experienced a lot over here in London. [27], The NME said that "Dogrel proves that early-days pinning as punks next great hope was perhaps premature there's far more to Fontaines D.C. than your typical thrashed-out, pissed-off young rebellion. Fontaines became a fan favorite for overlaying barked poetry over tense, garage-y instrumentals, recalling the chaotic brilliance of the Fall and more modern acts like Sleaford Mods. I wondered about these things going in and realized during our talk how much they all made sense. [2][7] They bonded over a common love of poetry[8] and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). I dont really like to get in the spotlight too often which is obviously contradictory to what I do. I wondered about these things going in and realized during our talk how they. 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