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Neve Dawson

EXPLAINED: Critics react to fontaines dcs dopamine chamber astonishing | Rare Historical Photos

Fontaines DC
  • Fontaines DC ’s upcoming album, Dopamine Chamber , has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews ahead of its release on Friday, 16 October.
  • The album follows the Irish rock band’s 2024 release Romance , alongside earlier LPs Skinty Fia (2022), A Hero’s Death (2020) and Dogrel (2019).
  • Writing for The Independent , music editor Roisin O'Connor awarded the album five stars, rounding-off her review with: “It’s impossible to be indifferent about an album as astonishing as this.”
  • Laura Snapes wrote a five-star review for The Guardian , saying: “This is a beguiling, endlessly inventive and frequently astonishing fifth LP from a group at increasing ease with being the best band of their generation.”
  • NME has also sung Dopamine Chamber ’s praises, with Andrew Trendell calling it “an extraordinary record for extraordinary times”.

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Fontaines DC review, Dopamine Chamber – A masterpiece from the greatest band of their generation

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