Now, the bands fourth record, titledRomance, is out this month.
(Moments later, hes interrupted mid-thought as a hotel guest compliments his jaunty limited-edition Simone Rocha Crocs.)
The concept forRomanceslowly emerged while the band was on the road with Arctic Monkeys.
Fontaines D.C.’s fourth album,Romance, is out on August 23.
Writing is the part of the job that feels least like a job to me, he says.
Writing is the one thing that lets me air everything out into my career.
Its kind of like stretching the legs.
Conor Deegan III, Conor Curley, Tom Coll, Carlos O’Connell, and Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C.
I dont find it difficult; it kind of just happens.
More discomfiting to him is the notion of having to perform someone elses material.
I like that stuff to be in my head and to write it out into the world.
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I always wanted to write that song but never knew how, Chatten explains.
Compared to the poetic, charismatic Chatten, the fuschia-headed OConnell is more mellow and mysterious.
So, we essentially started short with the instrumentation, which defined where this album went.
We had a couple of acoustic guitars and our voices.
You dont really know what the album, at that point, will become.
We could have made totally different albums outta that, he notes.
One that didnt make the cut had this real 80s vibe to it, with this offbeat clap.
There is also a special guest in attendance: Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys.
[The Tonight Show] was the first time we played Starburster live, OConnell says.
I dont get nervous about songs Ive toured because its effortless to get into a state of flow.
Suffice it to say that neither one has anything to worry about.
