“Romance” by Fontaines D.C.

"Romance" is the title track of Fontaines D.C.'s fourth album, a record that opened a new chapter: released in August 2024, it was the Irish band's first on XL Recordings after they left Partisan, with James Ford producing. It wasn't one of the singles, but the credits are thick with keyboards.

Carlos O’Connell stacks up mellotron, Minimoog and synthesizer, Conor Deegan III plays tack piano and sings backing vocals alongside Conor Curley, who is credited on electric bass, and Ford adds electric guitar on top of producing and mixing. Grian Chatten wrote the lyrics, and the music is credited to Chatten, Curley, Deegan, O’Connell and Tom Coll. Anthony Cazade engineered, with Samuel Borst assisting. The album won wide acclaim and entered the UK chart at number two.

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