Fontaines D.C. – “Dopamine Chamber”: the fifth album is out
Fontaines D.C. release their long-awaited fifth album, “Dopamine Chamber”, on XL Recordings — their most radical turn yet.
By Dimitris (Bari) Polyzois
Fontaines D.C. — Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll — release their long-awaited fifth album, “Dopamine Chamber”, through XL Recordings.
It arrives two years after Romance, which went platinum in the UK, and marks a decisive move away from the guitar sound of their early records. Produced by James Ford, and trailed by the singles “Marianne”, “Tongue” and the Rosalía collaboration “Where Is Gone?”, the album unfolds like a constellation behind rolling veils of smoke.
Across five albums — Dogrel (2019), A Hero’s Death (2020), Skinty Fia (2022) and Romance (2024) — Fontaines D.C. have stubbornly refused to repeat themselves. Recording took place with Ford between London, the English countryside and Palermo, where Chatten cut his vocals in an improvised chamber built from mattresses and pillows.
Alongside the release the band share a video for “Japan”, directed by BAFTA-winning filmmaker Luna Carmoon and starring Angèle Metzger, Charlie Heaton and Sean Black.
