Skinty Fia: A look back on Fontaines D.C.’s big break - Irish identity and moody reflection

In 2025, Fontaines D.C. is a band known to anyone remotely interested in the music scene, writes Music News Blitz’s Charlie Gardner.

By 2020, they had broken through, releasing two albums each with songs that pushed the band into popularity.

Dogrel (2019) pushed the band into the public eye, before A Hero’s Death (2020) cemented their place, while still uniquely experimenting with their sound.