''Skinty Fia'' is the third studio album by Irish rock band

Fontaines D.C. Fontaines D.C. are an Irish post-punk band formed in Dublin in 2017. The band consists of Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O'Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan III (bass), and Tom Coll (drums). After meeting while attending mu ...

It was released on 22 April 2022 via

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. Like the band's two previous albums – 2019's ''

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'' and 2020's ''

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'' – ''Skinty Fia'' was produced by Dan Carey. Its title refers to an old Irish saying that drummer Tom Coll’s great-aunt used to say. The phrase "Skinty Fia" translates to "the damnation of the deer". Both the title and the cover art allude to the extinct

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, also known as the "giant deer". ''Skinty Fia'' became the band's first number-one album in both Ireland and the UK. The album garnered the band a win for the

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at the

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and a nomination for Album of the Year at the Choice Music Prize for the year 2022.

Promotion

The album was announced on 12 January 2022, to coincide with the release of its lead single " Jackie Down the Line". A second single, "I Love You", was released just over a month later on 17 February 2022, a song which the band described as “the first overtly political song we’ve written”

Track listing

All music by Grian Chatten, Tom Coll, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III and Carlos O'Connell. All lyrics by Grian Chatten, except "Big Shot", lyrics by Carlos O'Connell.

Personnel

Fontaines D.C. * Grian Chatten – vocals, accordion, 12-string acoustic guitar, tambourine * Carlos O'Connell – guitar, art direction * Conor Curley – guitar * Tom Coll – drums, percussion * Conor Deegan III – bass guitar Additional personnel * Dan Carey –

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, mixing, sonic manipulation, synthesizer * Christian Wright – mastering * Alexis Smith –

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* Aidan Cochrane – art direction, design * Rory Dewar – design * Ashley Willerton – lettering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2022 albums Fontaines D.C. albums Partisan Records albums Albums produced by Dan Carey (record producer)