Over the last year, Fontaines D.C. have released four critically acclaimed AA side singles, all of which garnered considerable support both from radio, with the band A-listed at BBC Radio 6 Music for their last single ‘Too Real’.

Now, ahead of their sold-out UK headline tour in April, Dublin's Fontaines D.C. have announced their highly-anticipated debut album, Dogrel, which is slated for release on April 12 via Partisan Records. Alongside the announcement of their new album, the band have also shared a new video (directed by Molly Keane) for the album opener, 'Big'.

Speaking about the video, the band said, “we felt that great ambition was a sickness, and we got Grian's 11 year next-door neighbour to say it to you all because he's got the presence of a hundred frontmen.”

Alongside the new album and single, the band have also announced a new EU/UK headline tour starting on November 19. Fontaines D.C. have toured extensively over the last year supporting Shame on their UK tour and selling out every date their own UK headline tours in December 2018 and April 2019. Similarly, the band have just completed a 20+ run of sell out dates across Europe and Scandinavia, will support label mates Idles on their US tour in April 2019, and are also set to appear at various festivals across 2019 including End Of The Road, Truck Festival, Y Not Festival, SXSW and more.

Dogrel is due out April 12 via Partisan Records. The album will be released on limited edition transparent yellow vinyl, CD as well as all digital platforms.

TOUR DATES:

11 APR 2019 / UK / Bristol / Thekla SOLD OUT

12 APR 2019 / UK / Leeds / Brudenell Social Club SOLD OUT

13 APR 2019 / UK / Manchester / Gorilla SOLD OUT

14 APR 2019 / UK / Glasgow / King Tuts SOLD OUT

16 APR 2019 / UK / Nottingham / Rescue Rooms SOLD OUT

17 APR 2019 / UK / London / The Garage SOLD OUT

18 APR 2019 / UK / Brighton / The Haunt SOLD OUT

13 JUL 2019 / UK / Glasgow / TRNSMT Festival

26 JUL 2019 / UK / Oxford / Truck Festival

27 JUL 2019 / UK / Rainton / Deer Shed Festival

28 JUL 2019 / UK / Pikehall / Y Not Festival

29 AUG 2019 - 1 SEP 2019 / UK / Wiltshire / End of The Road Festival

19 NOV 2019 / UK / Manchester / O2 Ritz

20 NOV 2019 / UK / Liverpool / O2 Academy

21 NOV 2019 / UK / Glasgow / SWG 3

22 NOV 2019 / UK / Leeds / Stylus

23 NOV 2019 / UK / Sheffield / Leadmill

25 NOV 2019 / UK / Birmingham / O2 Institute

26 NOV 2019 / UK / Oxford / O2 Academy

27 NOV 2019 / UK / London / O2 Forum

28 NOV 2019 / UK / Brighton / Concorde 2

30 NOV 2019 / UK / Bristol / SWX

1 DEC 2019 / UK / Southampton / The 1865

Partisan Records releases Craig Finn’s new album, I Need A New War arriving Friday, April 26. The third album in a trilogy (following 2015’s Faith in the Future and 2017’s We All Want The Same Things), I Need A New War once again sees Finn expertly chronicling our complex, often confusing, modern era, drawing deeply felt character studies about regular people trying to respond to extraordinary times, attempting to find connection whilst wondering how to keep pace with a world moving faster than they are. The LP further finds Finn focusing his lens on New York City – his home for the last 18 years.

“Going in, I saw this record as the third part of a trilogy,” says Finn. “Thematically, this was the third group of songs that I had written about smaller moments - people trying to stay afloat in modern times, attempting to find connection, achieving tiny triumphs and frustrating let downs in their day to day lives.”

Finn’s fourth solo LP was recorded throughout 2018 at The Isokon in Woodstock, NY with producer Josh Kaufman and engineer D. James Goodwin, both of whom teamed with Finn on his widely acclaimed previous solo releases. In addition, the album features musical contributions from many of his regular solo collaborators, including Kaufman, horn master Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), pianist Sam Kassirer, vocalists Annie Nero and Cassandra Jenkins, and drummer extraordinaire Joe Russo.

“Perhaps forward motion is everything,” says Finn. “The characters in the songs on this record, and the last two, are trying to keep up and keep their heads above water. They succeed or they don’t, but their stories are the tales of their attempts at pushing ahead. And so, with my own push forward, I feel lucky and excited to be sharing these songs and stories.”

Perhaps best known as the singer of The Hold Steady, Craig Finn is a Minnesota-bred singer-songwriter and guitarist based in New York City. With his highly descriptive lyrical style and a defining focus on narrative, Finn has crafted whole worlds for the people in his songs to exist within. After five critically acclaimed albums with The Hold Steady, 2012 saw Finn release his first solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes prompting The AV Club to write, “As a solo artist, Finn has created a new world of characters and songs...working in new sonic territory while still sounding like the same old storyteller obsessed with falls from grace and calls for redemption.”

Finn will support I Need A New War with a North American and European live schedule. He tours the UK in support of Brian Fallon on the following dates.

5 FEB 2019 / UK / Newcastle / Wylam Brewery*

6 FEB 2019 / UK / Edinburgh / The Queen’s Hall*

7 FEB 2019 / UK / Manchester / Albert Hall*

8 FEB 2019 / UK / London / Union Chapel*

9 FEB 2019 / UK / London / Union Chapel*

22 FEB 2019 / UK / Cambridge / The Junction*

23 FEB 2019 / UK / Brighton / St George’s Church*

24 FEB 2019 / UK / Bath / Komedia*

25 FEB 2019 / UK / Cardiff / Tramshed*

26 FEB 2019 / UK / Manchester / Albert Hall*

27 FEB 2019 / IE / Dublin / Academy*

8 MAR 2019 / UK / London / Electric Ballroom / The Weekender^

9 MAR 2019 / UK / London / Electric Ballroom / The Weekender^

10 MAR 2019 / UK / London / Oslo / The Weekender^

* supporting Brian Fallon

^ with The Hold Steady