Fontaines D.C. Detail New Album 'Skinty Fia,' Map Out 2022 World Tour

Watch a video for new song "Jackie Down the Line"

, the 10-track Skinty Fia takes its title from an old Irish expression that roughly translates as "the damnation of the deer." Frontman Grian Chatten told Rolling Stone of the material, "A lot of it is revealing itself to me to be largely informed and influenced by Irishness existing in England... and mutating and becoming a new kind of culture in general."

Of the album's title, Chatten explains, "'Skinty Fia' is an expression that [drummer Tom Coll's] great auntie used to say... I never heard it before Tom said it to me recently, but it was a substitute for a swear word, basically. If she drops something, she'd say, 'Ah, skinty fia.'"

The first song to arrive from Skinty Fia is "Jackie Down the Line," which you can hear below alongside a video directed by Hugh Mulhern.

Alongside the album news, Fontaines D.C. have also mapped out a 2022 world tour, with three Canadian stops set for the month of May. The group will first play back-to-back evenings at Montreal's Corona Theatre and Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre on May 2 and 3, respectively, ahead of playing Vancouver's Rickshaw Theatre on May 13.

Further ticketing details can be found here. Read Exclaim!'s review of A Hero's Death.


Skinty Fia:

1. In ár gCroíthe go deo
2. Big Shot
3. How Cold Love Is
4. Jackie Down the Line
5. Bloomsday
6. Roman Holiday
7. The Couple Across the Way
8. Skinty Fia
9. I Love You
10. Nabokov

Fontaines D.C. 2022 Tour Dates:

03/20 Madrid, ES - La Riviera
03/21 Barcelona, ES - Razzmatazz 3
03/23 Milan, IT - Magazzini Generali
03/24 Zürich, CH - Dynamo
03/25 Munich, DE - Neue Theaterfabrik
03/27 Prague, CZ - Roxy
03/28 Berlin, DE - Astra Kulturhaus
03/29 Hamburg, DE - Gruenspan
03/31 Stockholm, SE - Debaser
04/01 Oslo, NO - Vulkan Arena
04/02 Denmark, DK - VEGA
04/04 Wiesbaden, DE - Schlachthof
04/05 Cologne, DE - Live Music Hall
04/06 Utrecht, NL - Tivoli Vredenburg
04/08 Antwerp, BE - Trix
04/09 Luxembourg - Den Atelier
04/10 Lille, FR - L'Aéronef
04/11 Paris, FR - Olympia
04/21 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
04/22 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
04/23 Asbury Park, NJ - Wonder Bar
04/25 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04/26 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
04/29 Columbus, OH - The A&R Music Bar
04/30 Cleveland, OH - The Beachland Ballroom
05/02 Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre
05/03 Toronto, ON - The Phoenix Concert Theatre
05/05 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
05/06 Chicago, IL - The Vic Theatre
05/07 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
05/09 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
05/10 Salt Lake City, UT - Soundwell
05/12 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
05/13 Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
05/14 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
05/16 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom
05/18 Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater
07/14-17 Carhaix, FR - Vieilles Charrues
08/02-14 Helsinki, FI - Flow Festival
08/19-20 Creuse, FR - Check In Party
09/16 Los Angeles, CA - Primavera Sound LA
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Tour Dates

April 18, 2025