Fontaines D.C. explain “neon and ridiculous” sound of ‘Romance’ and band’s new look

nme.com:

Fontaines D.C. have opened up about the “neon and ridiculous” sound of their latest album, ‘Romance’, as well as the band’s evolving style.In a new interview with NME, the band’s Grian Chatten spoke about the band’s new album, which he described as their “most expansive and full album” to date.

The futuristic-sounding ‘Romance’ is a distinct move away from the rockier sound on debut album, ‘Dogrel’ and has been produced by James Ford.

It’s set to be released on August 23 via XL Recordings (pre-order/pre-save here).The band released ‘Here’s The Thing’ as one of the album’s singles earlier this month (following on from ‘Starburster’ and ‘Favourite’), complete with a horror-inspired video.On the process of making the album, Chatten told NME: “To be creatively understood by too many people feels like flies settling all over your clothes and all other your face.

Every now and again you have to fucking shake them off, just to see who you are again. That’s what we wanted to do.“We spoke a lot about visual references, films and stuff like that.