{"id":2099078,"date":"2026-08-18T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099078"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:00:09","slug":"fontaines-d-c-s-marianne-sets-a-bold-new-cinematic-scene-in-their-search-for-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2099078","title":{"rendered":"Fontaines D.C.\u2018s \u2018Marianne\u2019 sets a bold new cinematic scene in their search for escape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Fontaines-D.C.-Credit-Elizaveta-Porodina_edit.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-3332206\" class=\"post-3332206 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_single_featured_image tdi_71 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\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-D.C.-Credit-Elizaveta-Porodina_edit-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Fontaines D.C., 2026. Credit: Elizaveta Porodina\" title=\"Fontaines D.C., 2026. Credit: Elizaveta Porodina\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Fontaines D.C., 2026. Credit: Elizaveta Porodina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_72\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_73  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_75  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>Reviews<\/span><span>Track Reviews<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_77 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_77\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Fontaines D.C.\u2018s \u2018Marianne\u2019 sets a bold new cinematic scene in their search for escape<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_78 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The Irish indie heroes send a surreal postcard from the brutal Lynchian world of fifth album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_review_overall tdi_79 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<table class=\"td-review td-fix-index\">\n<tr class=\"td-review-footer rate_stars\">\n<td class=\"td-review-score\">\n<div class=\"td-review-overall\">\n<div class=\"td-review-final-score\">5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_80 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_80\">\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_81 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-08-18T09:00:09+01:00\">18th August 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_82\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_83  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\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><em>\u201cThis year, you should come and stay here<\/em>,\u201d invites Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten, somewhere between conviction and a deep sigh. \u201cY<em>ou can follow my lead, I can help you disappear\u201d.<\/em> It\u2019s a sense of escapism and a \u201c<em>cinematic feeling<\/em>\u201d, as the frontman puts it, that drives this first taster of the band\u2019s freshly-announced upcoming James Ford-produced fifth album, \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019.<\/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>It\u2019s been two years since the neon cyber punk rush of \u2018Romance\u2019, where Fontaines boldly shrugged off any \u2018indie\u2019 preconceptions and other identity baggage to create a world of their own. \u201cOur albums have always questioned a sense of place,\u201d says bassist Conor \u2018Deego\u2019 Deegan in a press statement. \u201cFirst 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<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>Who knows where we\u2019re going but the getting there sounds pretty epic. For Chatten, he drifted around the \u201cfaded grandeur\u201d of Venice, Vienna and Sicily in search of lyrical inspiration. Less a grand tour and more a road to hell, the journey led to a record that shuns hope to \u201creflect the ugliness honestly\u201d of where we\u2019re at to present us with \u201ca catastrophic warning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This particular postcard, one of two newbies recently debuted live alongside the shadowy menace of \u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019, comes 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\u2018 was a sharp shock and intake of breath, \u2018Marianne\u2019 is an opening scene set in opulent colour and dizzying sound.<\/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=1019&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>With a Reading &amp; Leeds headline set around the corner and online chatter of an impending arena and even stadium run, the most anticipated album of the year looks set to be the one to take Fontaines D.C. into the stratosphere. We\u2019ve heard the record and can confirm Chatten\u2019s claim that the pendulum has swung more towards \u201cautomation, and a loss of feeling\u201d than on \u2018Romance\u2019, pushing down firmly on the darkest part of the bruise.<\/p>\n<p>That predecessor was just a stepping stone for \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019, which follows the rabbit deeper down the hole in search of more mechanical extremes and orchestral noir flourishes to explore the true, numbing oblivion of the modern world. \u2018Marianne\u2019 is the red pill you take to come along and see the truth of it all: \u201c<em>Understand this is your life, you can go on dreaming\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Marianne\u2019 is out now. Fontaines D.C. release \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 on October 16 via XL Recordings.<\/em><\/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 Chatten<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_88\" class=\"tdc-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_89  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_93  vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_95  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=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_97 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>More Stories<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap td_flex_block_1 tdi_98 td-pb-border-top td_module_flex_1--card td_module_flex_1--card--highlight td_block_template_2 tdc-no-posts td_flex_block\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div id=\"tdi_98\" class=\"td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap\">\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Tupac murder trial begins, as witnesses share how \u201cAll hell broke loose\u201d on night of rapper\u2019s shooting<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Film News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Hayden Panettiere: further details about actor\u2019s death released<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Earth, Wind &amp; 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On this record, the question became: where do you escape to?\u201d<\/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>Who knows where we\u2019re going but the getting there sounds pretty epic. For Chatten, he drifted around the \u201cfaded grandeur\u201d of Venice, Vienna and Sicily in search of lyrical inspiration. 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While \u2018Starburster\u2018 was a sharp shock and intake of breath, \u2018Marianne\u2019 is an opening scene set in opulent colour and dizzying sound.<\/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=1019&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>With a Reading &amp; Leeds headline set around the corner and online chatter of an impending arena and even stadium run, the most anticipated album of the year looks set to be the one to take Fontaines D.C. into the stratosphere. We\u2019ve heard the record and can confirm Chatten\u2019s claim that the pendulum has swung more towards \u201cautomation, and a loss of feeling\u201d than on \u2018Romance\u2019, pushing down firmly on the darkest part of the bruise.<\/p>\n<p>That predecessor was just a stepping stone for \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019, which follows the rabbit deeper down the hole in search of more mechanical extremes and orchestral noir flourishes to explore the true, numbing oblivion of the modern world. \u2018Marianne\u2019 is the red pill you take to come along and see the truth of it all: \u201c<em>Understand this is your life, you can go on dreaming\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Marianne\u2019 is out now. 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Credit: Elizaveta Porodina ReviewsTrack Reviews Fontaines D.C.\u2018s \u2018Marianne\u2019 sets a bold new cinematic scene in their search for escape The Irish indie heroes send a surreal postcard from the brutal Lynchian world of fifth album \u2018Dopamine Chamber\u2019 5 By Andrew Trendell 18th August 2026 \u201cThis year, you should come [&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-2099078","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\/2099078","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=2099078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2099078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2099078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2099078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}