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There's new material to be had from Fontaines D.C. today, who are trailing their forthcoming album Skinty Fia, their third. Written by Grian Chatten from the point of view of a self-loathing Irishman abroad, 'I Love You' is a powerful and impressive piece of work.

'I Love You' appears to be a love song—both in lyrical and musical quality—on first listen. Soon, a crescendo is reached as the true meaning becomes clear: 'I Love You' is a song for Ireland, described by the band as "the first overtly political song we've written".

Grian commented on the masterpiece: “It's standing in the centre of our beloved home country as a multitude of things are brought to tragic ends in an apocalyptic state of affairs. That's how it feels to me, and what I felt when I wrote it.”

Working again with producer and Speedy Wunderground don Dan Carey, Skinty Fia will be delivered into our waiting hands in April, a ten-track LP whose title loosely translates from Irish into “the damnation of the deer”. You can see this symbolism in the album artwork below.

Irishness and the Irish identity will reportedly loom large on the rest of Skinty Fia. 

Skinty Fia Tracklist:

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 

Skinty Fia arrives 22 April via Partisan Records.

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