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LIVE REVIEW: Fontaines D.C, O2 Academy, Newcastle, Friday 10 January 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Fontaines D.C singer Grian Chatten at the O2 Academy in Newcastle. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Post-punk band Fontaines D.C. released my favourite album of last year in Dogrel, their debut long-player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn\u2019t alone in rating it so highly \u2013 it was also named album of the year by Rough Trade and BBC 6 Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it was with a great sense of anticipation that I joined the sold-out crowd at the O2 Academy in Newcastle for their first gig of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fontaines D.C. at the O2 Academy in Newcastle. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Dublin five-piece only self-released their first single in\nMay 2017, but seemed to arrive fully-formed, with an unshakeable idea of who\nthey were and what they wanted to sound like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking inspiration from poetry as well as post-punk legends like Joy Division and Wire, their album was superb in every way. (Read our review here<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They know how to play a crowd too. Their intro music is the classic Pogues song Sally MacLennane, and from the photopit I could see the band waiting in the wings, bouncing to the tune as fervently as the crowd, who greet them like returning heroes as they take the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fontaines D.C. at the O2 Academy in Newcastle. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When they launch into opener Hurricane Laughter the place\nexplodes, with pints flung and a swaying moshpit immediately forming in front\non the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singer Grian Chatten, who sings in a rich Dublin brogue, has a touch of the Liam Gallaghers about him, and more than a little in common with Kasabian singer Tom Meighan, restlessly wandering the stage when he\u2019s not at the mic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to put your finger on just what it is that makes Fontaines D.C. stand out from the pack. They\u2019re certainly not a showy band; they just quietly get on with creating an intense wall of sound \u2013 the sort of which Phil Spector would approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fontaines D.C singer Grian Chatten at the O2 Academy in Newcastle. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The rhythm section of Conor Deegan III on bass and Tom Coll on\ndrums lay down a thunderous backbeat, which gives them a huge sound, while\nCarlos O\u2019Connell and Conor Curley add layers of dense guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of their best songs are wheeled out early on. When\nChequeless Reckless is followed by Sha Sha Sha, you fear they might have shown\ntheir hand too soon. We need not have worried. Even though they have just one\nalbum and a few B-sides to their name, there\u2019s not a weak song among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are already masters at building up tension in their songs,\nand you\u2019re waiting for the song to explode, but it doesn\u2019t, because that would\nbe a bit too obvious. They do this very well in the new song A Hero\u2019s Death. If\nthis is a sample of their new material, I can\u2019t wait to hear more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fontaines D.C singer Grian Chatten at the O2 Academy in Newcastle. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The highpoints of the set are many: Television Screens, which\nstarted out as a poem but was turned into a song, is punctuated by Chatten\u2019s\ndeadpan vocals and some piercing guitar riffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too Real sees guitarists O\u2019 Connell and Curley down on their\nhaunches, twiddling their effects pedals in unison and creating a squalling sound\nso sublime it\u2019s hard to believe it was of this earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fontaines D.C singer Grian Chatten at the O2 Academy in Newcastle. Pic: Gary Welford.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The closing run of songs reminds us \u2013 if any reminder were\nneeded \u2013 what a special band Fontaines D.C. are. The singles Liberty Belle and\nBoys In The Better Land lift the moshpit to new levels of frenzy, before the\nepic Dublin City Sky brings things down a notch, and shows they\u2019re not one-trick\nponies. It will sound fantastic when thousands sing it back to them at\nfestivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They close with Big, another of their big tunes, and then they\u2019re\ngone. No encore, just a feeling of euphoria and the sense you\u2019ve just witnessed\nsomething very special indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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