Fontaines DC: Dublin city rockers

Fontaines D.C’s debut album arrives as a hard-edged antidote to other elements of the Irish music scene, writes Ed Power

Soccer AM viewers got more than they bargained for recently when Dublin punk band Fontaines D.C. graced the Sky Sports banter-fest. In the almost oppressively bright and antiseptic studio, the five piece cut a gritty presence. And that was before frontman Grian Chatten opened his mouth and began declaiming in a ripe Dublin accent.