This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. There used to be a guy called Moondog, a street singer with a long white beard, he did a book called 100 First Lines. Nothing can tamper with that. He didnt want to see me mugged off. She has been amazing to me and deserves the best.. Something weve experienced a lot over here in London. Do you ever think about the impact you guys are going to leave? He had a glass eye, walked with a bit of a limp, a rugged outdoor type, but he also had this other side to his personality. With the Irish twist that you have, what do you think youre going to reveal to America that it doesnt already know about itself, as outsiders and non-Americans? Its a celebration of that flipping, from it being a bad thing into a positive thing. I feel like I abandoned Ireland., On Roman Holiday, he is trying to embrace London as an Irish person, where youre sort of still mocked and told to go home. I realized that that was an interesting place for me to go on the next record., The rest of the album took shape back in London during dreamy night sessions at the bands rehearsal space. The Fontaines D.C.'s force-of-nature punk-poet frontman sounds light . I read that one thing that really brought you guys together was a mutual love of the Beat generation and you named yourselves after the Godfather character, Johnny Fontane. There's an 'unsubscribe' button at the bottom of every email we send out. Grian's marriage to his wife typified the type of wedding ceremonies we see these days - small and intimate, with guests' smiles hidden under protective masks. The Fontaines D.C.s force-of-nature punk-poet frontman sounds light and lively, as young as his 25 years deserves. Absolutely. Chatten, who now resides in London with his fiancee, and has English relatives on his mother's side, says he was shocked to read about the family's story, following Mrs Keane's death in 2018, aged 73. Mixing post-punk grooves and minimalist rock dynamics, they make music that tackles the big issues through the prism of personal experience. John, when youre talking about poems being a living thing and poems never being finished, I like having pockets full of scraps of paper that Im never going to read again. Were all on the same planet. I hope you wont be offended when I say there were echoes of the late Mark E. Smith, I mean I dont mind when people compare me to Alexander PopeGrian Chatten, Fontaines DC: I never really get upset about that! Every day Id kind of find a room of space on my own and just spend like an hour just listening to that. Grian Wikipedia: He is a cat lover and owns two beautiful cats: Maui and Pearl. Ive read Joyces poetry and it just doesnt stand up to Yeats at all for me. All these famous music hall guys were the superstars of their day and they specialised in monologues which blue collar people would pay cash money to witness. He explained how the track In ar gCroithe go deo, which means: In our hearts forever was about the story of Margaret Keane, an Irishwoman who moved to Coventry. The youth of Dublin and the youth of Ireland are politically activated now because of the Repeal the Eighth Movement, which allows women to get abortions. I think she was an Irish woman who moved to Coventry. I think messages of artists often get lost in inauthenticity. [40] Toronto's Spill Magazine praised Skinty Fia as "an important album, perhaps the most important album of the year", hailing it as a strong contender for 2022 album of the year. Im gonna have to get a refund from that elocution course I went on. Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. I think if we all got caught up on what the future is without looking at the past, then were going down a very, very dark road. Three albums later, the parameters have changed. Did it rain when you guys were in Seattle for KEXP? Those are kind of the themes I wanted to explore in the album. I have such a profound connection with him. If you had to pick between Yeats, Joyce, or Beckett? Shop now. Coming of age in Canadian rave culture, Debby Friday is making darkly industrial music with emotion at its core. Simone Lee was held captive in her home in Limerick by her former friend Christopher Stokes, who mercilessly beat her, placed bin liner over her head, and also poured boiling water over her before setting the apartment on fire on May 11, 2021. He said if I learnt a poem and recited it to him off by heart, hed buy me a pack. When people talk in pubs theres this terrific sense of knowledge. The tap is always half on. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Im very sad about whats going on over there. I dont like to talk to people after gigs, so I dont really have a desire to remain on peoples tongues after this stuff happens but I would like to leave a mark in the sense of inspiring people to get into literature and poetry because I think its very good for you. Yeah to an extent. Im done!. You guys bonded over poetry. [15], The band got their name from a character in the movie The Godfather called Johnny Fontane, a singer and movie star portrayed by Al Martino. Everything he puts out into the world is thoroughly honest and from the heart. I think Ive got great guilt about leaving Ireland in the state that its in. I was overwhelmed with the knowledge that none of them were worth half of what they were being sold for. He was in love with 19th-century poetry and he conveyed this enthusiasm to the rest of the class which became this hothouse of poetic activity. Something went wrong, please try again later. [2][7] They bonded over a common love of poetry[8] and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). They were the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 1 May 2019, performing "Boys in the Better Land". [19][31][9] They played nine sets at SXSW 2019 over the course of five days, selling out venues, and count Gilla Band as a major influence.[27][32]. The song Bloomsday was inspired by Irish actor Andrew Scotts reading of Dubliners, which made him feel a great sadness about leaving Ireland. Apart from entertaining his followers, Grian uses his platform to raise money for charity and to sensitize his fans on various causes around the world. Copyright 2017 ALT CITIZEN. Joyce would be more intellectually orientated, for most of his writings. Leftfield feat Grian Chatten - Full Way Round 77,229 views Oct 18, 2022 From the new album - 'This Is What We Do' 'Full Way Round' features Grian Chatten (Vocals / Lyrics) Listen to FWR. Please, A fresh breath: Chatten says the bands second album is like the exhalation after Dogrels inhalation. [35] The recording of the performance was released on vinyl as a limited edition release for Record Store Day on 12 June 2021[36] and later as a surprise digital release on 26 November 2021. Before he was a rock'n'roll frontman, Grian Chatten was a sporty lad in Ireland seeking a weirder, wilder identity. I mess about with poems night after night. The covid-19 pandemic has effectively ruled out the huge gatherings associated with weddings. 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Its a war between the good intentions of the youth and the growth of materialism and social media, technology, stuff like that because thats just spindling the culture away in front of our eyes. Its what makes this songwriting dynamo tick. The reason I use the word embrace, trying to talk about this, is because in a sense, especially when you surround yourselves or almost insulate yourself with people who are from the same area as you in a new country most of my friends here are from Dublin as well the effect is that you begin to look for it or love it. Not just mine, but a lot of families. As frontman and chief lyricist of the Dublin post-punk quintet Fontaines D.C., Chatten has channelled life growing up in Ireland into his band's music, songs that take in themes of mental health, corrupt governments, religion and community. Grian, when did you first hear Johns poetry?Grian: I was probably 16 or 17, Carlos [OConnell, guitarist] from the band showed me your appearance on a late-night chat show in the 80s. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Trying to find Ireland's best burger or best pizza? It was kind of like a form of meditation and its a great way to share the hangover as well, because the most certain thing to me about having a hangover is the numbness that can come with it. Theres a kind of healthiness to writing during the day. He explains how during the groups first big tour, which included exhausting drives across the US, he developed crippling insomnia. You want reminders of the fact that youre part of this group of people that are still sort of mocked and told to go home. I cant believe Ive still got this accent; Ive been living in Essex for the last thirty years! Changed your mind? The song itself is just about a doomed, paranoid relationship with influences of alcohol, drugs, and paranoia. Like what kind of stories do you connect with in pub poetry? Home, family, kindred spirits, Michael D., Jimmy Fallon, Derry Girls and his beloved dog, Kizzy, are all on the menu as lead singer GRIAN CHATTEN talks to Hot Press about Fontaines D.C.'s . Not that it cant survive fine without me, but I feel like Ive taken all this crap from it creatively, and then Ive just left. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. It was the final straw for Grian Chatten and his adopted home city of Dublin. If a band has a good message on paper but is too fashionable, too concerned with fashion, its just very difficult for me to listen to them because I cant take them seriously. To hear Irish men, even in their 20s, talk in such terms is a "Not in Kansas" moment and one of the most quietly striking and encouraging aspects of the documentary. Like mad oily, contaminated clouds. What about American culture stands out to you? Sam Fender, Grian Chatten and Conor Deegan III attend The NME Awards 2022 at the O2 Academy Brixton on March 2, 2022 in London, England. For both of them, language is a living thing that constantly evolves, something to be heard, not read. So after the US tour and spending so much time away from home, do you expect to return as changed men? Tour diary: The Muckers, Anemone, Chai, and Rubblebucket @ Treefort Fest. "A Hero's Death" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but charted as an extra tip on the Flanders Ultratop Bubbling Under chart. But there is a furnace there still burning. I used to listen to his readings of Dubliners. Designer Simone Rocha, right, with musician Grian . Despite the four decades between them, Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten and longstanding punk poet John Cooper Clarke have much in common. The government is driving the country into the ground, keeping a lid on previous scandals. It was beautiful, I remember the coffee there. 894646. Yeah I think I do. I just wanted to kind of put myself in that position, in that song, to express how it feels to no longer have absolute independence and autonomy over your life, when you decide that you are in love and you want to share your life with someone. She was an old woman, she was called Margaret Keane. Im trying to kind of convince my girlfriend to come out and enjoy this its like adventure, you know what I mean? Its just like family, everything they say has potential to annoy you but its up to you to take it like that. I think he must be really crying there. Better late than never. Theres got to be tension in order for it to be an interesting thing to write about. At some point, you start to wear as like a badge of honor, and thats what that song is. "How Cold Love Is" did not enter the Irish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Irish Homegrown Top 20 chart. Grian and his wife had planned to travel a lot before getting married, but the coronavirus pandemic forced them to postpone those plans. Well I think almost all music comes from a working class background and then it gets commandeered by the upper classes. The band released the title track on 5 May 2020; the music video features actor Aidan Gillen. Out of the fear of God people are more polite. You tell all these stories about eccentric Irish characters and people you meet in pubs. I just felt like I was looking down the barrel of the gun, of going to this country that doesnt really welcome people who are Irish. I feel like Ive abandoned Ireland to some extent. Fontaines D.C. are one of the most thrilling guitar bands to emerge this century. Theres a great sadness to that.. [1][2][3] The band consists of Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O'Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan III (bass), and Tom Coll (drums). Its very reassuring when that happens, I find.Grian: When you say you hear echoes of different people in what I do, thats why that doesnt upset me. Theres a kind of great sadness to that. Everything he puts out into the world is thoroughly honest and from the heart. Im curious as to what that would even sound like. The coffee that comes out of a big keg, like black beer. "Fontaines D.C. Live at Kilmainham Gaol" did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Top 20 Vinyl Albums Chart. Spiritually, there are two parts to it. Fontaines DCs A Heros Death is out now via Partisan. The band's debut album, Dogrel, was released on 12 April 2019 to widespread critical acclaim; it was listed as Album of the Year on the record store Rough Trade's website,[4] voted Album of the Year by presenters on BBC Radio 6 Music,[5] and was nominated for both the Mercury Prize and the Choice Music Prize.[6]. The sound of a printing machine has this really sexy syncopated shuffle beat thats really helpful in the composition of poetry. Thats a new thing. I should be living at night!. Lead singer Chatten is half-English (his mother is English and his father is Irish) and was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria [2] but grew up in the County Fingal coastal town of Skerries, north of Dublin. When Fontaines D.C. first formed, Chatten had a rather humble notion of future success he and his bandmates would emerge with their love of music and creativity intact. Sometimes, it sounds like early The Cure, if Mr Robert Smiths crew rehearsed only on the way home from an all-day bender. Having now lived away from Ireland for almost two years, Chatten says he still loves the Emerald Isle, where he first moved shortly after his birth in the U.K. to an English mother and Irish. He had dreams of being an actor, but he shelved those aspirations after making it big on YouTube. Like is there American-Irish food? I feel like the first time I fell in love was with a girl from a different country. That said I was still thinking, I shouldnt be living like this! All you have to do is tell yourself they look like clouds. It worked. As of 2023, Grian is possibly single. It was just the violent shelving of yourself. On more than one occasion John threatens, tongue in cheek, to steal Grians material. Anything I say now can be romanticized, but I dont want to live in an unromantic world. Chatten thinks one of the reasons their songs have chimed so acutely is because there is nothing disingenuous about the way he writes. Carlos [OConnell], one of our guitarists wrote the lyrics and he wrote the main riff and everything like that. Shop now, Spend to save up to 25% off new-season items with code SPENDTOSAVE. That song is me saying I love Ireland and I always will. Amid all the seething political ire and raw emoting on the record, however, the overriding feeling is one of hope. [16], In 2018, Fontaines released the single "Chequeless Reckless"/"Boys In The Better Land" and "Too Real". In New York when it rains and you see puddles, you see the gasoline and iridescent colors. These are very American things, very much relics of American culture. It felt very structured or something like that, and easy, Chatten says. We got to talking about what makes the Fontaines tick, Seattle rain, Irish poetry, and love.
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