Post-punk rockers Fontaines D.C. have announced the release of their brand new single 'Favourite', with the track set to be released tomorrow.

'Favourite' is the second song to be released from the band's upcoming album Romance. 'Starbuster'—reportedly inspired by a panic attack that vocalist Grian Chatten suffered in London's St Pancras, which manifested in the track through sharp and feral intakes of breath—was the first single off the upcoming album. The tune hit streaming services earlier this year and has garnered over 11 million streams on Spotify.

Romance will mark the band's fourth studio album and is set to drop this August 23, it will be the band's first LP with producer James Ford as well as XL Recordings and features 11 tracks.

The upcoming LP will follow the international success of the 2022 album Skinty Fia, which reached number 1 in the UK and Irish album charts and saw the band receive International Group of the Year at the 2023 BRIT Awards.

"We've always had this sense of idealism and Romance. Each album gets further away from observing that through the lens of Ireland, as directly as Dogrel. The second album is about that detachment, and the third is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora. Now we look to where and what else there is to be romantic about", explained bassist Conor Deegan on the album title.

Check out the track-list for Romance below:

1. Romance
2. Starburster
3. Here’s The Thing
4. Desire
5. In The Modern World
6. Bug
7. Motorcycle Boy
8. Sundowner
9. Horseness is the Whatness
10. Death Kink
11. Favourite

 

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