Fontaines D.C. "A Hero's Death" k-pop clangy joyfulness of the band's

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The dialogue begins at the end of the opener

The marriage of synthesis and the voice has allowed for a heightened physicality in the way of ecstatic music

It’s called High as Hope and it’s out June 29 via Republic

Fontaines D.C. "A Hero's Death" k-pop clangy joyfulness of the band'sBarely a year after the release of their acclaimed debut album Dogrel (which charted Top 10 in the UK, earned a Mercury Prize nomination, Fallon performance, and #1 Album of the Year positions for BBC 6Music and Rough Trade), Fontaines DC have returned with an intensely confident, patient, and complex sophomore album. A Heros Death arrives battered and bruised, albeit beautiful a heady and philosophical take on the modern world, and its great