Fontaines D.C. announce album Dopamine Chamber

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Fontaines D.C. announced their fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, set for release on 16 October via XL Recordings, and released lead single "Marianne" today. The record was produced by James Ford and follows 2024's UK platinum-certified Romance. The band says Dopamine Chamber moves decisively away from the guitar language of their early records toward colder, stranger, more synthetic sounds, with marching drums, samples, several songs without guitars, and swooning 1960s Italian-pop strings reworked into something synthetic. Grian Chatten describes the album as "a dopamine chamber," testing "mind- or mood-altering pieces of music," and says the record deliberately leaves hope out to reflect ugliness as a "catastrophic warning." Bassist Conor Deegan says the album continues the band's interrogation of place and asks where people escape to amid hedonism, fantasy, and the endless refresh of a screen. Recording took place with Ford between London, the English countryside and Palermo, where Chatten recorded vocals in a makeshift booth built from mattresses and cushions.

Stereogum

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Fontaines D.C. revealed their fifth album, 'Dopamine Chamber,' is coming soon via XL, and they’re selling a numbered first pressing available for 24 hours. The band teased the LP with a snippet of “Six Shot Morning," one of the new songs they recently debuted in Cádiz. stereogum.com/2508463/kurt...

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Indigogirl24

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#MusicChallenge #BestSongHeardToday #JackNicholsong song with a name or a first name in the title Day 18 - Marianne by Fontaines D.C. from their album Dopamine Chamber due in October. youtu.be/V68KvutX9vw?...

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Enda 🇮🇪 🇵🇸 🇺🇦

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#JackNicholsong #MusicChallenge Day 18 Brand new release this morning Marianne Fontaines DC open.spotify.com/track/69rHKc...

1445d ago

𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕚𝕟

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Elements of a great day: - wearing my Fontaines D.C. shirt - a new music video from the new Fontaines D.C. album - a new music video from Chelsea Wolfe's new album - a 2 hour long reaction video on YT for The Cure's "Disintegration" album - Guinness in a new Guinness pint glass I'll take it! 🎉

844d ago

Melissa Jo1

So when are you moving to Ireland? 🇮🇪

Under the Radar Magazine

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Irish five-piece Fontaines D.C. have announced a new album, "Dopamine Chamber" on XL, and shared its first single, “Marianne.” www.undertheradarmag.com/news/fontain...

745d ago

Album of the Year

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Fontaines D.C. are set to release their new album, Dopamine Chamber, on October 16.

845d ago

JoE

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#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge Day 17. A song that starts with the first letter of your first or last name Fontaines DC - Jackie Down the Line open.spotify.com/track/3ITvhr...

746d ago

Ricky McAllister

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Another big release in the last quarter…Fontaines DC joining Arab Strap, Bloc Party, Beck, Echo & The Bunnymen, Susanne Sundfor, Fenne Lily, Teenage Fanclub, DIIV, Editors & Sennen. Plus a fair few more no doubt. Hard to keep up…😬🙈

745d ago

Daniel Ryden3

The new single is ace.

Vincent_B2

😂 Christmas is coming Ricky, metaphorically speaking. I was aware of a new album by Susanne Sundfør, so thanks for the heads up on that 👍

A cup of tea, darling1

I'm feeling SO SMUG that I predicted a fdc darkwave evolution several months ago. If their Romance followup is a love letter to Violator, I'm so so so here for it.

Henkjan Olthuis

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16 Oktober. De nieuwe Fontaines DC 💚 Vandaag dropte de single 'Marianne' Zelfs zeggen ze er dit over: "It’s the sound of a band moving decisively away from the guitar language of their early records into something colder, stranger and more synthetic." fontainesdc.bandcamp.com/album/dopami...

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Andrew Sacher

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i became a fontaines obsessive with ‘romance’ and have now reviewed the first single from its followup, “marianne” andrewsacher.substack.com/p/today-in-n...

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Cloudspeakers

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today's track of the day Fontaines D.C. - Marianne :spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6OciU5g0hekPBP9MqbCKFs #np #newmusic #music

345d ago

Bear Tree Records

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It's here, well almost... Album number 5 from @fontainesdc.bsky.social lands 16th October on XL. 'Dopamine Chamber' is available on indies only ltd marbled blue vinyl, ltd blue vinyl, black vinyl, CD and cassette. beartreerecords.com/products/fon...

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Norman Records

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FEATURE: This Week’s Best Preorders Ft. Godflesh, Fontaines D.C., Johnny & Lillie Flynn, The Body & Cel Genesis, Cornelius, Denzel Curry & Kenneth Blume, Dummy, The Leaf Library, Pan Amsterdam, The Van Pelt, and more. www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

345d ago

Treble

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@fontainesdc.bsky.social have announced a new album, 'Dopamine Chamber' Hear first single "Marianne" www.treblezine.com/fontaines-d-...

344d ago

Resident Music

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. @fontainesdc.bsky.social Dopamine Chamber Limited Blue Marble LP / Limited Blue LP / CD / Tape Preorder: www.resident-music.com/product/font... Fontaines D.C.'s gloomy yet ecstatic 5th LP is on the way! Read more: nayt.omnicamp1.com/ce/v/0/6a834... @cargoindiedistro.bsky.social

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