A Heros Death

Barely a year after the release of their hugely acclaimed debut album Dogrel, cult indie-rock outfit Fontaines D.C. have returned with an intensely confident, patient, and complex follow up album, A Hero’s Death – out Fri 31 July Arriving battered and bruised - albeit beautiful - the album is anything but a re-hash of the swaggering energy from their first record. Instead, the music is patient, confident, and complex – a heady and philosophical take on the modern world and its great uncertainty. First album review is in – 5/5 Q Magazine (UK) The first single is the title track track reached #1 on Australian Community Radio Chart with adds & plays across FBI, triple j, 2SER, Double J + loads more. Two more huge singles from the album still to be released. • Intl coverage so far: BBC Radio 1 playlist for ‘A Hero’s Death’, Jools Holland performance, cover of NME UK in June, MOJO 6-page spread plus coverage across Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Line of Best Fit, DIY, Clash + loads more. First album Dogrel debuted Top 10 on the UK album charts, earning Fontaines D.C. a Mercury Prize nomination, #1 Album of the Year positions from BBC 6 Music and Rough Trade, a performance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and numerous sold out tours in the UK and abroad. PROMO: Confirmed magazine covers, features & radio support. MARKETING: Extensive online, print & outdoor campaign

Tracks

1~1~ I Don't Belong
1~2~ Love Is The Main Thing
1~3~ Televised Mind
1~4~ A Lucid Dream
1~5~ You Said
1~6~ Oh Such A Spring
1~7~ A Hero's Death
1~8~ Living In America
1~9~ I Was Not Born
1~10~ Sunny
1~11~ No

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Fontaines D.C.
Release Date: 31 July 2020
Genre: Alternative
Label: LIBERATION
Distributor: Universal Music