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MUSiC The most important thing is to take yourself out, and to serve the song and not serve the musician. Carlos O’Connell, Fontaines’ guitarist Fontaines D.C. Dublin post-punkers’ quest to become the biggest band in the world By MELISSA VINCENT It’s 7:30 pm in Dublin when Carlos O’Connell, one of two guitarists in the universally buzzed about Dublin post punk band, Fontaines D.C, answers the phone from the aptly named Garage Bar in the city’s East End. It’s a familiar spot for the band, one that they would meet at frequently when their early poetry chapbooks were in the genesis stage, and now has become a familiar reprieve in between their lengthy international tour. “We found all our music tastes in here,” O’Connell says over the clink of a pint in the background. It’s far from a surprise that the band would select this location to chat with writers the world over. When it comes to memorializing the reality of life in contemporary Dublin, few bands have become such ardent archivists of time and place like Fontaines D.C. Since rising to attention in 2017 with their single “Liberty Bell,” they’ve been in direct opposition to the failure to launch myth that’s populated contemporary rock. Now with a late night performance on Jimmy Fallon under their belt and a nomination for the esteemed Mercury Award in tow, Fontaines D.C. are part of the newest group of artists, alongside bands like London’s Shame and Bristol’s Idles, tasked with revitalizing the newest era of rock erupting out of the United Kingdom. “One of the things we said from the start is that we want to be the biggest band in the world. I think that’s the thing that we still want to be,” he says. When asked why, O’Connell’s answer is an even mix of depreciation and ambition. “Probably we’re just deluded to be honest,” he laughs. “But I think there’s nothing wrong with that. I think I’ll probably hate it. But I want to know if I will.” Ambitions of grandeur aside, what makes Fontaines D.C. stand out is their devotion to a sonic approach that yields to clarity. Through cutting their teeth on a blend of asphyxiating social commentary with a smart ear for sprawling, scrappy melodies, perhaps unintentionally, there’s a ragtag elegance to their seismic debut Dogrel. Album opener “Big” is a turbulent and unnervingly catchy declaration of ownership that demands rapt attention, and “Too Real” toys with galactic off-kilter galactic synths, before a precise, metallic bass line serves as a necessary form of ground control. “Checkless Reckless” adds its spin on a parched and swampy kind of grindhouse, and “Dublin City Sky” is a cerebral ballad CONTINUED ON PG. 14 k SEPTEMBER <strong>2019</strong> BEATROUTE 13 DANIEL TOPETE
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