But there’s still hope – we could still turn into dickheads!”. I think we’ve all got a lot more appreciation for our jobs. “Ah … is that too far? Well, there’s something to look forward to. “Oh, I do love playing those places. That first record featured an immediate set of songs you’d lived with a little longer, and was perhaps more of you in a raw sense. Facebook. The rise and rise of Fontaines D.C. – in conversation with Conor Deegan III. “Jaysus we’ve been … Where’s that headland? Mercury Prize nominated and Album of the Year 2019 at both BBC 6Music and Rough Trade record store, Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. have returned with an intensely confident, patient, and complex follow up album. Speaking to the Spanish outlet Binaural for their Pedaleras programme, O’Connell recalled how he and bass player Conor Deegan III ended up … Learn how your comment data is processed. All rights reserved. It’ll be good to be back out on the road.”, “There are. And now you seem to be getting closer to touring again, are you looking forward to that? Your email address will not be published. But we also wanted to write authentically and genuinely, and the other songs we ended up writing sounded nothing like that, so …”. You can also find tour tickets via metropolismusic.com, seetickets.com and ticketmaster.co.uk. “I don’t know. Yet there’s even a different feel from those tracks to those on the first record, and that to me suggests constant evolution. But they met in Dublin, attending the British & Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM), bonding over a love of poetry, their name taken from Al Martino’s singer/movie star character Johnny Fontane in The Godfather, Vito Corleone’s godson; the Dublin City initials added to differentiate from an LA outfit. They also played nine sets at SXSW in Houston, Texas over five days, selling out venues. See below for a list of Conor Deegan III’s GRAMMY Awards history. But we also knew, ‘Now we must do the work’, thinking, ‘Oh shit! For full details (including more about how to pre-order the new LP) head over to fontainesdc.com. They kind of needed re-orientating. Conor Deegan is usually seen using a Super Bassman Head. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. So we got them really tight. There’s mention in your press release of ‘60s influences like The Beach Boys, Suicide, Leonard Cohen and Lee Hazlewood coming through, and that comes over in particular on the penultimate song, the delightfully-dreamy ‘Sunny’, not least with its Brian Wilson qualities, a lovely bit of wonky and twangy guitar, some gorgeous harmonies, and subtle strings. “Yeah, very much so. We’re in writing again now, in the rehearsal room, seeing what comes out.”. “Oh yeah, he’s a great dude. I guess I could make an exception for such an iconic venue. That’s a good question … I guess I’m talking tens of thousands, capacity-wise. We had no space for ourselves. After a scheduled appearance at France’s Levitation Festival in October, four dates in Australia in December, and – moving into 2021 – 18 European dates between La Riviera in Madrid on March 10th and L’Olympia in Paris on April 1st, Fontaines D.C.’s next 15 UK dates start with two shows at Manchester Academy on May 7th and 8th and finish at London’s Alexandra Palace on May 27th. Get all the lyrics to songs by Conor Deegan III and join the Genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. GRAMMY Award Results for Conor Deegan III. Conor Deegan III, Grian Chatten, Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Tom Coll. It must be difficult to ensure you’re not affected. “Yeah, maybe. Technical issues ensured I was 10 minutes late getting hold of Fontaines D.C. bass player Conor Deegan III, aka Deego. The band recently released their debut album, Dogrel. A Hero’s Death Fontaines D.C. 1. “Ah … well, you better avoid the Ally Pally then.”. A few artists have inevitably seen their records put back these past few months, and that can lead to frustration if you’re enthused about new material you’ve written since. Technical issues ensured I was 10 minutes late getting hold of Fontaines D.C. bass player Conor Deegan III, aka Deego. Hurricane Laughter (Darklands Version) Fontaines D.C. Hurricane Laughter / Winter In The Sun. Behind Chatten, guitarists Conor Curley and Carlos O’Connor, bassist Conor Deegan III and drummer Tom Coll were flawless throughout, adapting to the contrasting moods of the music, bringing the landscapes of Chatten’s poetry and opaque sloganeering to life in cacophonies of sound and in delicate melancholy. Conor Deegan III. “No, I don’t think so … unless we wrote a double album or something like that.”. Hometown. It’s easy to get swept up in the stress of it and not see the bigger picture.”. I learned so many things about songs, like the chord progressions that were going on, bar counts, all these sort of things.”. Such a great way to announce a return, this scribe hooked from the first listen, its repeated ‘Life ain’t always empty’ mantra over an ever-building, stunning track mesmerising. But if he was rattled by that – with another appointment lined up 20 minutes later across Dublin City, the band base that provides their initial suffix, so to speak – he wasn’t letting on. © 2020 - Recording Academy. That’s just the way you dream. 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards (2020) See All Awards for This Year . And while I’d only had a couple of plays of the new record – out on July 31st, its title inspired by the line, ‘Everybody’s looking for a hero’s death’ in The Hostage by Irish playwright Brendan Behan, and the album art featuring the statue of mythological Irish warrior Cuchulainn that stands in Dublin as a commemoration of the Easter Rising – when I spoke to Deego, I could already tell it was a grower, very different but equally sharp, not so immediate as Dogrel. “That was actually the song we were going to try and build the album around, try and go in that direction. The group consists of vocalist Grian Chatten, guitarists Carlos O’Connell and Conor Curley, bassist Conor Deegan III and drummer Tom Coll. Escape will cancel and close the window. “We went to a small house that a friend of ours had. And that was only the beginning of that UK leg of a first headline tour. Was this a good time for songwriting for the band? How would you compare this LP to Dogrel, which I guess was your take on that vital first album, like The Clash or The Jam’s In the City or The Undertones maybe (incidentally, Undertones Mk.II frontman Paul McLoone, a presenter on Dublin’s Today FM, has long since championed the band)? Don’t get me wrong. The group expressed their delight at the nomination on Twitter, writing: ‘Jaysus, we’ve been nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Album with A Hero’s Death’. I think that’s what he said, although I initially googled ‘Gecko’ to see if it was a Dublin beer. This reliable and vintage sounding head will offer a deep bass sound and full-bodied tone - which Fontaines DC rely on to deliver time and time again. Twitter. Fontaines D.C. は、アイルランド、ダブリン出身のポストパンクバンドである。 2017年に結成。彼らの2019年4月12日にリリースされたデビューアルバム、Dogrel はラフトレードとBBC 6 MusicのAlbum of the Year 2019に輝いた。 “That was our friend’s Granny’s house, while she was living with their parents.”. “A sell-out is someone who becomes a hypocrite in the name of money. Fontaines D.C. are an Irish post-punk revival band formed in Dublin in 2017. Composers: Carlos O'Connell - Conor Curley - Conor Deegan III - Grian Chatten - Tom Coll. That said, three of the first tracks to resonate were apparently among the oldest – the title track plus ‘I Was Not Born – its Wedding Present-like guitar (around the time of Bizarro, and perhaps ‘Bewitched’ in particular for these ears) towards the end jumping out at me – and the similarly-urgent ‘Televised Mind’. It adds, ‘If not a retreat, it almost sounds like a defensive rebuke of ‘Big’ — Fontaines’ last album opener, the one that rushed out the gates hungry to consume the whole world while proclaiming ‘My childhood was small; But I’m gonna be big!’. Drummer Tom Coll is from Crimlin, outside Castlebar, and Conor Deegan (bass guitar) is also from Castlebar. It could almost be The Jesus and Mary Chain in places. Self-releasing their first single in May 2017, ‘Liberty Belle’, in tribute to the Liberties, the Dublin neighbourhood where band members lived, that acclaimed debut LP – like this one, on Partisan Records –  followed within two years, its title in homage to doggerel, a form of working-class Irish poetry that’s eased itself into the English language over time since the 17th century. Grian Chatten Carlos O'Connell Conor Curley Conor Deegan III Tom Coll . Or was it work in progress? It wasn’t because we didn’t love each other anymore. Conor Deegan III Carlos O'Connell Conor Curley Tom Coll. Fontaines D.C. has been nominated for the highly coveted Best Rock Album award for A There'll be celebrations aplenty for Irish band Fontaines D.C. tonight following their inclusion ing 2020's GRAMMY nominations. “It was actually really nice, weirdly enough. With introductory excuses behind me, I asked Deego how he and his bandmates – who were set to perform at the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury Festival, perhaps the highest profile casualty of so many this summer – had fared during the lockdown. The plan was: ‘Damn, what’s going on? Conor Deegan Managing Director. Finding Connor Deegan - Foundation for Airway Health - New York - Duration: 5:17. Image: Jim Bennett / FilmMagic. Conor Deegan III directed the video for "I Don't Belong," while Mulhern returned to direct the "Televised Mind" video. That’ll be a massive show.”. Fontaines Five: Conor Deegan III, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Grian Chatten, Tom Coll (Photos: Richard Dumas), In fact, I can’t better the part of the official press release with the album suggesting Grian – and the band in turn – is ‘sounding like someone riddled with angst yet resolved to protect their own freedom at all costs’ on the opening track. “For the first album the songs were more or less fully formed, but for the second we’d recorded in LA already and had got a little confused over the identity. True … although I’ll always prefer those more intimate settings. 10 rules to live by from Dublin post-punk band Fontaines D.C.'s frontman Grian Chatten Conor Deegan III, Conor Curley, and Grian Chatten of the Dublin band chat with 2fm's Dan Hegarty. But when you’re young and starry-eyed … you dream big.”. Even if your childhoods were small. Now there’s a case in point, one suggesting that earlier experimentation I hinted at. Though the tone is noticeably different, the introduction is no less intentional: This is not the same Fontaines D.C.’ And as Carlos adds, “When we wrote this album it was a reaction to the success of Dogrel. An idiot is someone who lets their education do all of their thinking. We started to feel very detached from who we were when we wrote Dogrel.”, “Yeah, we actually worked our arses off rehearsing in the summer of 2018 when we were set to go in to record the album, having never done that before. “Yeah, definitely. Was that the case with you? Label Partisan Records. Content on this site does not reflect an endorsement or recommendation of any artist or music by the Recording Academy. Dublin five-piece who have strong ties to their native city, which they translate into abrasive vocals and driving percussion. Speaking of which, have you still got the bleached hair we see in the afore-mentioned band promo version of ‘A Hero’s Death’? I’m loving the LP more and more with every listen, from opening track, ‘I Don’t Belong’ right through to reflective closing number, ‘No’,  the introductory number coming with its own neat promo video, directed by Deego. It’s now 15 months since my first live sighting of Fontaines D.C., arranged through Preston’s premier independent record shop and occasional label. Beginning of dialog window. And I couldn’t be more pleased for you, really. Collapse All Results Show All Results. Perhaps the manufacturers could send me a case so I could so some further research. I think our expectations have become more specific, because we’ve got a clear image of how the music industry works and how our path has gone on, but when we were young we were very ambitious and always had this idea of being a massive band. Hometown: Dublin,Ireland "With one foot in the shambolic anarchy of The Pogues, and the other in a Las-esque lilt, Fontaines D.C are messy but melodic in the best way possible" - DIY "Snarling, ... Read More. Funnily enough, I was going to ask Deego whose dresser that was behind him in their socially-distanced promo film. “There were tracks we cut off the album, but I think we were just trimming the fat. Find Conor Deegan III credit information on AllMusic. Biography by Liam Martin + Follow Artist. It’s hard to say. It’s a good look. II, as great an album as that was, compromising your own development for the sake of a couple of hit records. And where did frontman Grian record his part? Posts about Conor Deegan III written by Olivia. On a similar subject, Grian felt the band found themselves growing not only distant from one another, but distant from themselves, saying, “We experienced full journeys where we didn’t speak to each other. 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