{"id":2099072,"date":"2026-08-18T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099072"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:00:21","slug":"fontaines-d-c-announce-details-of-new-album-dopamine-chamber-with-epic-single-marianne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099072","title":{"rendered":"Fontaines D.C. announce details of new album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 with epic single \u2018Marianne\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fontaines_Dopamine_Chamber_2000_crop.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fontaines D.C. announce details of new album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 with epic single \u2018Marianne\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>\u201cThe album itself is a dopamine chamber,\u201d says frontman Grian Chatten. \u201cYou step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Andrew Trendell<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-18T09:00:21+01:00\">18th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fontaines_Dopamine_Chamber_2000_crop-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. announce new album &apos;Dopamine Chamber&apos;. Credit: Press\" title=\"Fontaines D.C. announce new album &apos;Dopamine Chamber&apos;. Credit: Press\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. announce new album &#8216;Dopamine Chamber&#8217;. Credit: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Fontaines D.C. have finally released the epic and cinematic single \u2018Marianne\u2019 to announce new album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019. Listen and find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Fontaines D.C.\u2018s \u2018Marianne\u2019 sets a bold new cinematic scene in their search for escape<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Irish indie heroes have been teasing their return for some weeks now, playing \u2018Marianne\u2019 alongside another new song, \u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019, at their summer comeback shows before confirming that the single and new album were imminent. Later, they revealed that their fifth studio record would be called \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2018 in a cryptic online teaser.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Now, the band have shared the single in full to announce that the James Ford-produced \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 will arrive on October 16 via XL Recordings. Fans can pre-order the album here.<\/p>\n<p>The cinematic synth-noir \u2018Marianne\u2019 was inspired in part by the 2024 thriller series <em>Ripley<\/em>, and draws on feelings of escapism and surrender in the face of oblivion and catastrophe as frontman Grian Chatten offers: \u201c<em>This year, you should come and stay here, you can follow my lead, I can help you disappear\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marianne\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ikKBcZg9jUc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>In a five-star review of the single, <em>NME<\/em> wrote that \u2018Marianne\u2019 \u201ccomes from a destination of tension piercing a surreal dream, a dark lullaby where the elegiac synth majesty of Depeche Mode meets a widescreen David Lynch scene of lush strings. The sense of place is well-earned, and the longing is ultra real. While \u2018Starburster\u2019\u00a0was a sharp shock and intake of breath, \u2018Marianne\u2019 is an opening scene set in opulent colour and dizzying sound.\u201d Check out our review in full here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0At home with Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten: \u201cOur personality is bigger than the sound that we make\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The follow-up to 2024\u2019s acclaimed and Mercury-nominated \u2018Romance\u2019 follows the band\u2019s recent contributions to the <em>Peaky Blinders: Immortal Man<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack\u00a0and the\u00a0War Child \u2018Help(2)\u2019 album. \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 moves deeper into \u201cdarker and more synthetic sounds\u201d, and searches for pleasure amid peril \u201cin a world tipping towards collapse\u201d from threats in digital and artificial worlds, as the band shared in an official statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe album itself is a dopamine chamber,\u201d said Chatten. \u201cYou step inside and we test these different mind or mood-altering pieces of music on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3963237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3963237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3963237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fontaines-D.C.-Credit-Elizaveta-Porodina_edit.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C., 2026. Credit: Elizaveta Porodina\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3963237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C., 2026. Credit: Elizaveta Porodina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The frontman, who spent time visiting Venice, Vienna and Sicily in search of lyrical inspiration, continued: \u201cI think \u2018Romance\u2019 was maybe 60 per cent human and 40 per cent corrupted by automation, and a loss of feeling. This one feels more like 60 per cent corrupted \u2013 the mask is wearing the face a little more. I felt it would be more powerful to leave the hope out and reflect the ugliness honestly. This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chatten added: \u201cThere\u2019s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Leaning into the themes of the record, bassist Conor \u2018Deego\u2019 Deegan shared: \u201cOur albums have always questioned a sense of place. First Dublin, then being away from Dublin, and then trying to find the romance elsewhere. On this record, the question became: where do you escape to?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3963285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3963285\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3963285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fontaines_Dopamine_Chamber_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. announce new album &apos;Dopamine Chamber&apos;. Credit: Press\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3963285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. announce new album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019. Credit: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fontaines D.C. will continue their summer European headline tour with dates including stops topping the bill at both Reading &amp; Leeds and their homecoming at Electric Picnic before a short run of US dates. A further headline tour to support \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 in 2026 into 2027 is expected to be announced in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Check out their upcoming dates so far below and visit here for tickets and information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 FM4 Frequency, Sankt Polten, Austria<\/strong><br \/><strong>28 \u2013 Reading Festival, UK\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 Leeds Festival, UK\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>30 \u2013 Electric Picnic, Ireland\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Shaky Knees, Atlanta, GA, USA\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 Sea.Hear.Now, Asbury Park, NJ, USA\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 Ohana Festival, Dana Point, CA, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"At home with Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten: \"Our personality is bigger than the sound that we make\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cAncWquXDE8?start=1052&amp;feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January, guitarist Carlos O\u2019Connell told <em>NME<\/em> about progress on new Fontaines D.C. material, when he also told us whether any of the visual elements of the \u2018Romance\u2019 tour could remain for Fontaines\u2019 2026 dates. \u201cI think \u2018Romance\u2019 was so intense in every [way]\u2026 the visual, the production, the setlist\u2026 It wasn\u2019t just about the music,\u201d he told us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost a bit of the identity of the band now, but I guess that\u2019s the decision to make. Does that become the identity of the band, or actually, it\u2019s just a phase and you reinvent it? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connell continued: \u201cI personally like the idea of revisiting some old stuff at Reading &amp; Leeds, making the setlist maybe a bit more \u2018Dogrel\u2019-heavy. I\u2019m excited about that. I\u2019ve been listening to music like that much more. This morning I was listening to\u00a0Sonic Youth. I want to go [in] that direction, but we\u2019ll see, because anything could happen now \u2013 literally anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>August began with Fontaines D.C. playing their first performance since the recent unexpected passing of their beloved manager, Irish music scene legend and \u201csixth member\u201d Trevor Dietz, delivering the final ever BBC live session at Maida Vale for 6 Music.<\/p>\n<p>This month also saw author, musician and journalist John Robb share an exclusive excerpt from his memoirs with\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>, in which he discussed being one of the first to discover Fontaines D.C. as well as discussing unheard material he has from the band in his vault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Fontaines D.C.<\/li>\n<li>Grian 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Listen and find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Fontaines D.C.\u2018s \u2018Marianne\u2019 sets a bold new cinematic scene in their search for escape<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Irish indie heroes have been teasing their return for some weeks now, playing \u2018Marianne\u2019 alongside another new song, \u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019, at their summer comeback shows before confirming that the single and new album were imminent. Later, they revealed that their fifth studio record would be called \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2018 in a cryptic online teaser.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Now, the band have shared the single in full to announce that the James Ford-produced \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 will arrive on October 16 via XL Recordings. Fans can pre-order the album here.<\/p>\n<p>The cinematic synth-noir \u2018Marianne\u2019 was inspired in part by the 2024 thriller series <em>Ripley<\/em>, and draws on feelings of escapism and surrender in the face of oblivion and catastrophe as frontman Grian Chatten offers: \u201c<em>This year, you should come and stay here, you can follow my lead, I can help you disappear\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marianne\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ikKBcZg9jUc?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>In a five-star review of the single, <em>NME<\/em> wrote that \u2018Marianne\u2019 \u201ccomes from a destination of tension piercing a surreal dream, a dark lullaby where the elegiac synth majesty of Depeche Mode meets a widescreen David Lynch scene of lush strings. The sense of place is well-earned, and the longing is ultra real. While \u2018Starburster\u2019\u00a0was a sharp shock and intake of breath, \u2018Marianne\u2019 is an opening scene set in opulent colour and dizzying sound.\u201d Check out our review in full here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0At home with Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten: \u201cOur personality is bigger than the sound that we make\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The follow-up to 2024\u2019s acclaimed and Mercury-nominated \u2018Romance\u2019 follows the band\u2019s recent contributions to the <em>Peaky Blinders: Immortal Man<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack\u00a0and the\u00a0War Child \u2018Help(2)\u2019 album. \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 moves deeper into \u201cdarker and more synthetic sounds\u201d, and searches for pleasure amid peril \u201cin a world tipping towards collapse\u201d from threats in digital and artificial worlds, as the band shared in an official statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\">\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe album itself is a dopamine chamber,\u201d said Chatten. \u201cYou step inside and we test these different mind or mood-altering pieces of music on you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3963237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3963237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3963237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fontaines-D.C.-Credit-Elizaveta-Porodina_edit.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C., 2026. Credit: Elizaveta Porodina\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1270\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3963237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C., 2026. Credit: Elizaveta Porodina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The frontman, who spent time visiting Venice, Vienna and Sicily in search of lyrical inspiration, continued: \u201cI think \u2018Romance\u2019 was maybe 60 per cent human and 40 per cent corrupted by automation, and a loss of feeling. This one feels more like 60 per cent corrupted \u2013 the mask is wearing the face a little more. I felt it would be more powerful to leave the hope out and reflect the ugliness honestly. This one needed to feel more like a catastrophic warning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chatten added: \u201cThere\u2019s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Leaning into the themes of the record, bassist Conor \u2018Deego\u2019 Deegan shared: \u201cOur albums have always questioned a sense of place. First Dublin, then being away from Dublin, and then trying to find the romance elsewhere. On this record, the question became: where do you escape to?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3963285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3963285\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3963285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fontaines_Dopamine_Chamber_2000.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C. announce new album &apos;Dopamine Chamber&apos;. Credit: Press\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3963285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C. announce new album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019. Credit: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fontaines D.C. will continue their summer European headline tour with dates including stops topping the bill at both Reading &amp; Leeds and their homecoming at Electric Picnic before a short run of US dates. A further headline tour to support \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 in 2026 into 2027 is expected to be announced in the weeks ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Check out their upcoming dates so far below and visit here for tickets and information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Les Docks, Lausanne, Switzerland\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 FM4 Frequency, Sankt Polten, Austria<\/strong><br \/><strong>28 \u2013 Reading Festival, UK\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 Leeds Festival, UK\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>30 \u2013 Electric Picnic, Ireland\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Shaky Knees, Atlanta, GA, USA\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 Sea.Hear.Now, Asbury Park, NJ, USA\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>27 \u2013 Ohana Festival, Dana Point, CA, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"At home with Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten: \"Our personality is bigger than the sound that we make\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cAncWquXDE8?start=1052&amp;feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January, guitarist Carlos O\u2019Connell told <em>NME<\/em> about progress on new Fontaines D.C. material, when he also told us whether any of the visual elements of the \u2018Romance\u2019 tour could remain for Fontaines\u2019 2026 dates. \u201cI think \u2018Romance\u2019 was so intense in every [way]\u2026 the visual, the production, the setlist\u2026 It wasn\u2019t just about the music,\u201d he told us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s almost a bit of the identity of the band now, but I guess that\u2019s the decision to make. Does that become the identity of the band, or actually, it\u2019s just a phase and you reinvent it? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Connell continued: \u201cI personally like the idea of revisiting some old stuff at Reading &amp; Leeds, making the setlist maybe a bit more \u2018Dogrel\u2019-heavy. I\u2019m excited about that. I\u2019ve been listening to music like that much more. This morning I was listening to\u00a0Sonic Youth. I want to go [in] that direction, but we\u2019ll see, because anything could happen now \u2013 literally anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>August began with Fontaines D.C. playing their first performance since the recent unexpected passing of their beloved manager, Irish music scene legend and \u201csixth member\u201d Trevor Dietz, delivering the final ever BBC live session at Maida Vale for 6 Music.<\/p>\n<p>This month also saw author, musician and journalist John Robb share an exclusive excerpt from his memoirs with\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>, in which he discussed being one of the first to discover Fontaines D.C. as well as discussing unheard material he has from the band in his vault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-announce-details-of-new-album-dopamine-chamber-with-epic-single-marianne-pre-order-tour-3963277&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fontaines_Dopamine_Chamber_2000_crop.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Fontaines D.C. announce details of new album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 with epic single \u2018Marianne\u2019 \u201cThe album itself is a dopamine chamber,\u201d says frontman Grian Chatten. \u201cYou step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you&#8221; By Andrew Trendell 18th August 2026 Fontaines D.C. announce new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,78],"class_list":["post-2099072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nme-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2099072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2099072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2099072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2099072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}