Fresh off the production line and into your ears – it’s Fontaines D.C. with the lead single on their upcoming album Dopamine Chamber – “Marianne”.
Dopamine Chamber marks their first record since the death of manager, friend, and Irish music proponent Trevor Dietz. The band shared news of his passing in June, writing that he “was beside us from the beginning of our journey as a band; we have never known Fontaines D.C. without him” and that Dietz was “the sixth member of the band.”
Bassist Conor “Deego” Deegan III credits Dietz for saving the song, writing on Instagram, “Marianne is a song that never would have seen the light of day if it wasn’t for Trev. It was left on the cutting room floor of the 40 songs we wrote for Dopamine Chamber.” Explaining that, one evening, the band had been showing Dietz all the songs they’d drafted for the album, Deegan continues, “He said, ‘yere absolute lunatics’ for wanting to leave this song off the album. So we brought it back, and now it’s the first single off of our next album, Dopamine Chamber. An album that suddenly feels more fitting to our lives than we thought it would be when writing it. This album is dedicated to Trev, all he gave us, all he taught us.”
Dopamine Chamber releases on October 16th via XL Recordings.
Fontaines D.C. has your latest PEAK Song of the Week with ‘Marianne’.