Skinty Fia

STAFF PICK "Just keep coming back to this these last few weeks" Matthew Davis

2020’s A Hero’s Death saw Fontaines D.C. land a #2 album in the UK, receive nominations at the GRAMMYs, BRITs and Ivor Novello Awards, and sell out London’s iconic Alexandra Palace.Now the band return with their third record in as many years: Skinty Fia. Used colloquially as an expletive, the title roughly translates from the Irish language into English as “the damnation of the deer”; the spelling crassly anglicized, and its meaning diluted through generations. Part bittersweet romance, part darkly political triumph - the songs ultimately form a long-distance love letter, one that laments an increasingly privatized culture in danger of going the way of the extinct Irish giant deer.

Deluxe LP - Deluxe gatefold. 45rpm 180gm heavyweight double vinyl. Alternate cover artwork & 20 page lyric book. Black vinyl.Red Vinyl - Pressed on limited edition red vinyl, housed inside a single sleeve jacket and printed inner sleeve.CD - housed in a cardboard wallet. Includes a 20 page lyric booklet.

Tracklisting

  1. In ár gCroíthe go deo
  2. Big Shot
  3. How Cold Love Is
  4. Jackie Down The Line
  5. Bloomsday
  6. Roman Holiday
  7. The Couple Across The Way
  8. Skinty Fia
  9. I Love You
  10. Nabokov