Fontaines D.C. (IE) + Just Mustard (IE)

7 pm otevíráme • 8 pm Just Mustard • 9 pm Fontaines D.C.

The current Irish guitar scene is in mint condition, as evidenced by the success of postpunk influenced Fontaines D.C.. Their 2019 debut took on the disillusionment of the young generation. Barely a year since Dogrel earned them a spot as one of the most acclaimed new bands of 2019, Dublin’s Fontaines D. C. returned with A Hero’s Death on 31st July. Arriving battered and bruised – albeit beautiful – the album is anything but a re-hash of the swaggering energy from their first record.

Skinty Fia is an Irish phrase which translates to English as “the damnation of the deer” and the album’s cover art features a deer, plucked from its natural habitat and deposited in the hallway of a home, illuminated by an artificial red glow. The Irish giant deer is an extinct species and the band’s thoughts on Irish identity are central to Skinty Fia. While Dogrel was littered with snapshots of the Dublin characters – like the cabbie in “Boys In The Better Land” – and A Hero’s Death documented the dislocation and disconnection the band felt as they traveled the globe on tour, on Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. are addressing their Irishness from afar as they recreate new lives for themselves elsewhere. For a band whose hometown courses through their veins – “D.C.” stands for “Dublin City” – the album finds them trying to resolve the need to broaden their horizons with the affection they still feel for the land and people they’ve left behind.