Dopamine Chamber is the sound of Fontaines DC becoming megastars. Is bigger always better?
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- Rolling Stone·1h agoFontaines D.C. Make Dystopian Rock That Hits Just Right for Dark Times
On Dopamine Chamber, the Irish band reaches further into electronic moodiness while delivering hard-hitting reflections on how to stay sane — and maybe even hopeful — these days
Read at Rolling Stone → - Guardian Music·9h agoFontaines DC: Dopamine Chamber review – gloomy, gorgeous and a gargantuan triumph
(XL) This is a beguiling, endlessly inventive and frequently astonishing fifth LP from a group at increasing ease with being the best band of their generation Fifteen centuries ago, the Byzantine archbishop Theophilus of Adana did first-hand business with the devil for his own…
Read at Guardian Music → - NME·16h agoFontaines D.C. – ‘Dopamine Chamber’ review: a doom-ridden escape from the band of the decade
As Dublin’s finest reach stadium level, album five dives deeper into the extremes of ‘Romance’ for a dark but exhilarating reflection of end times
Read at NME → - Irish Times Culture·16h agoDopamine Chamber is the sound of Fontaines DC becoming megastars. Is bigger always better?
The Irish band’s new album lacks the poetic intimacy and postpunk punch so long a feature of Fontaines at their best
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