Fontaines D.C's Grian Chatten discusses all things "Dogrel" [Interview] 2 years ago by Paige Sims. It was nominated last September for the Mercury Prize. Join Facebook to connect with Grian Chatten and others you may know. Singing in a hard Dublin accent, this was white working-class rage against the going-nowhere of an Ireland ravaged by vulture funds, corporate greed, recession, unaffordable rents, homelessness, heroin, violence, crime and gangs. The best idea wins. Lauren Laverne reveals the full Top 10 of 6 Music Recommends' Albums Of The Year list for 2020. He is also the funniest. Unapologetically literate, angry and always audible. Before they took the stage, Luke Kelly's voice could be heard over the giant speaker system reading his poem, For What Died the Sons of Roisin: "For what died the sons of Roisin, was it fame?/For what died the Sons of Roisin, was it greed?". Grian Chatten, frontman of the band Fontaines D.C., the city’s most compelling new rock act, couldn’t be from anywhere else. Conor says, adding, "We are very democratic. Features Uncut-11th December 2020 0. It did not take Grian long to accumulate a loyal group of audience. He is the owner of the Wynncraft MMO server. Giving an insight into the song itself, the band’s Grian Chatten has said ‘Liberty Belle’ “is a lament to the death of old Dublin, written by people who couldn’t afford the new one.” The band have a handful of shows coming up in 2020 - including a sold out show at London’s Brixton Academy. "And then," says Conor, "after that, it was basically all the songs on the first album. I remember Carlos giving me his book of Walt Whitman. Unable to afford the rent on a larger shithole in Dublin, the two slept in the same bed. “Bleed who you are all the time… don’t hold back,” Grian Chatten The collision of art, punk and poetry from Irish band Fontaines D.C inherited the world in 2019. We were encouraging each other to be who we believed ourselves to be all the time” -Grian Chatten, lead vocals, Fontaines D.C. With the best bands, it seems to happen fast. "I started booking them at The Workmans Club in 2015, and they were just so prolific as songwriters. And that was like the upstairs! The past 12 months have been a ragged reel of a year for Dublin’s post-punk scene champions Fontaines D.C. Singer/shouter Grian Chatten, guitarist Conor Curley and bass-player Conor Deegan are sitting around a table on which a recorder sits. I shared ee cummings with him. "Grian is probably the most intelligent person I have met in my life. Fontaines D.C. — A Hero's Death. Fontaines D.C. have spoken out for the first time on their surprise Grammy nod, likening the landmark moment to receiving “a phone call from space”. "I wasn't eating or sleeping, and I was into the whole poetic romantic notion of being heartbroken, almost," says Carlos. Can either of you remember the first time you wanted to be a writer? So we wanted to bring that message.". The reviews were off the scale. It was a great song choice as it continued the upbeat pace of the last few songs with its 60’s-style pop. The five became a band of brothers, united in their love of poetry, punk and pints. The Fontaines D.C. were the surprise guests on Wednesday's Liveline on RTÉ Radio 1, with Joe Duffy taking the opportunity to ask the band to join him on Grafton Street on Christmas Eve. He got engaged in 2019 and wed in 2020. That didn't really go anywhere; although it was called Fontaines, and we played different songs. England. We robbed his last name because something about his crumbling veneer resonated. Menu We robbed his last name because something about his crumbling veneer resonated. The result is an intelligently crafted pure post-punk record. Screw you: they don’t want to belong to anyone. "We all just really love The Dubliners," says Conor. With long coats, leather and denim jackets, Fontaines DC clearly aren’t part of the rat race. Carlos would board at Malahide, and Grian at Skerries. Grian is a 27-year-old English YouTuber from England, United Kingdom. The gig sold out in less than a day. Maybe the 34-year-old was feeling past it, ... Grian Chatten’s unvarnished Dublin accent has been the most recognisable new voice in indie rock this past couple of years. At 19, he was attending the British and Irish Modern Music Institute - known as Bimm - on Francis Street in The Liberties in Dublin, as was his buddy on the train, Carlos, who was born in Madrid to a Spanish father and an Irish mother. ‘I can cross my heart and say I didn’t. Dogrel was a stirring portrait of 21st Century Ireland, where all five members of Fontaines DC grew up. Conor Curley from Monaghan, and Tom Coll and Conor Deegan, both from Mayo, were also going to Bimm. The Dublin band’s eerily empty livestreamed gig perfectly suits their alienated second album Kitty Empire 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. I was down the bottom half of some old bar in Chinatown Me shoes had brought the rain and soaked the space for lookin' down As drunk as love is lethal, I spun a lady 'round And I kissed her 'neath the waking of a Dublin City sky She threw her shoes into her bag and danced just like a dream Her face was rubied up just like no sun I'd ever seen Love having the lyrics printed on the record sleeve; recommend reading along, it's a great old-school experience. That old trope? "And we wanted to spread the beauty of the poetry and the music. “Dublin in the rain is mine, a pregnant city with a Catholic mind,” frontman Grian Chatten announces at the top. The Dublin band’s eerily empty livestreamed gig perfectly suits their alienated second album Kitty Empire 3 / 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. "My favourite Fontaines DC gig ever was at the Bataclan on Boulevard Voltaire last November," he says. There are no two ways about it — 2020 has been one of the worst and most challenging years in living memory. He has amassed over 6 million YouTube subscribers. Like a raucous out-of-kilter version of U2's rise on the Northside of Dublin in 1976, the band these five young men would put together in 2016 would go on to become the most exciting and internationally acclaimed Irish combo of the decade. There are no two ways about it — 2020 has been one of the worst and most challenging years in living memory. Dogrel was named BBC Radio 6 Music's Album of the Year, as well as Rough Trade's Album of 2019. Grian has also taken part in numerous episodes of the Minecraft Evolution (or EVO) server. 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