Fontaines D.C: ‘Romance lives between light and dark’

Update: 2024-08-24

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After years of trying to throw their sound "50 miles down the road", Irish post-punk rockers Fontaine's D.C. crash through a new sonic frontier on their fourth album Romance. Guitarist Conor Curley tells Charlotte Ryan how taking time off for the first time ever led the band into a more fluid and collaborative process.

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Fontaines D.C: ‘Romance lives between light and dark’

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Fontaines D.C: ‘Romance lives between light and dark’