On October 16, Fontaines D.C. released their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, via XL Recordings. The follow-up to Romance (2024), again produced by James Ford, it is the band’s most ambitious project to date: eleven tracks blending synths, trip-hop rhythms, strings and post-punk, set in a world designed to keep us hooked. We have already covered the album announcement and its first single, “Marianne,” as well as the collaboration with Rosalía. Now let’s look at what the rest of

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