Fontaines D.C. Wander Through a Surreal Party in ‘Skinty Fia’ Video

Fontaines D.C. grapple with the dilution and disruption of Irish tradition overseas on their new tune “Skinty Fia,” the title observe from the outfit’s upcoming album, out April 22 by way of Partisan Information.

“Skinty Fia” strikes at a fast however menacing tempo, the clang within the percussion echoing over an ominous churn of guitars and synths. Lyrically, the tune makes use of a metaphor of a doomed relationship to discover among the concepts the time period “Skinty Fia” — an outdated Irish swear which means “the damnation of the deer” — conjured for Fontaines D.C. singer Gian Chatten.

As Chatten lately defined to Rolling Stone, “[I]t seems like mutation and doom and inevitability and all these items that I felt had been congruous to my concept of Irishness overseas. Like in case you go to Boston, that expression of Irishness. That’s skinty fia to me. That’s that mutation. That’s a brand new factor. It’s not unlicensed and it’s not impure. Simply because it’s diaspora, it’s nonetheless pure. It’s only a utterly new beast.”

“Skinty Fia” additionally arrives with an appropriately eerie music video, directed by Hugh Mulhern. Within the clip, Chatten makes his means by way of a packed get together crowd that grows more and more surreal, with unusual figures and rituals popping up amidst the revelry.

Skinty Fia will mark Fontaines D.C.’s third album and first since 2020’s A Hero’s Dying. The title observe is the third tune the band has shared from the LP thus far, following “Jackie Down the Line” and “I Love You.” Fontaines D.C. will hit the highway in assist of the album later this month, beginning with a European run, earlier than kicking off a North American leg April 21 in Washington, D.C.