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Romance follows 2022's the BRIT Award-winning Skinty Fia.
“Starburster" was inspired by a panic attack lead singer Grian Chatten suffered in London’s St Pancras station. It's accompanied by a music video from director Aube Perrie (Harry Styles, The Hives).
Of the album’s title, bassist Conor Deegan says, “We’ve always had this sense of idealism and romance. Each album gets further away from observing that through the lens of Ireland, as directly as (Mercury Prize-nominated debut) Dogrel. The second album (the GRAMMY-nominated A Hero’s Death) is about that detachment, and the third (Skinty Fia) is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora. Now we look to where and what else there is to be romantic about.”
Expounding on the theme, Chatten recalls Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s anime Akira, where the embers of love develop despite a maelstrom of technological degradation and political corruption around its characters. “I’m fascinated by that - falling in love at the end of the world,” he says. “The album is about protecting that tiny flame. The bigger armageddon looms, the more precious it becomes,” while guitarist Carlos O’Connell adds “This record is about deciding what’s fantasy – the tangible world, or where you go in your mind. What represents reality more? That feels almost spiritual for us.”
Expounding on the theme, Chatten recalls Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s anime Akira, where the embers of love develop despite a maelstrom of technological degradation and political corruption around its characters. “I’m fascinated by that - falling in love at the end of the world,” he says. “The album is about protecting that tiny flame. The bigger armageddon looms, the more precious it becomes,” while guitarist Carlos O’Connell adds “This record is about deciding what’s fantasy – the tangible world, or where you go in your mind. What represents reality more? That feels almost spiritual for us.”
Track Listing:
1. Romance
2. Starburster
3. Here’s The Thing
4. Desire
5. In The Modern World
6. Bug
7. Motorcycle Boy
8. Sundowner
9. Horseness is the Whatness
10. Death Kink
11. Favourite
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
3. Here’s The Thing
4. Desire
5. In The Modern World
6. Bug
7. Motorcycle Boy
8. Sundowner
9. Horseness is the Whatness
10. Death Kink
11. Favourite
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
September 20 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
September 21 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
September 22 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
September 24 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
September 26 - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA
September 27 - SOMA - San Diego, CA
September 28 - Fox Theater - Pomona, CA
September 30 - The Van Buren - Phoenix, AZ
October 2 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
October 4 - The Granada - Lawrence, KS
October 5 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE
October 6 - The Sylvee - Madison, WI
October 8 - The Fillmore - Minneapolis, MN
October 9 - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL
October 11 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Toronto, ON
October 12 - MTELUS - Montreal, QC
October 13 - Roadrunner - Boston, MA
October 15 - Brooklyn Paramount - Brooklyn, NY
October 18 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
October 20 - The Fillmore - Philadelphia, PA
September 21 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
September 22 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
September 24 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
September 26 - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA
September 27 - SOMA - San Diego, CA
September 28 - Fox Theater - Pomona, CA
September 30 - The Van Buren - Phoenix, AZ
October 2 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
October 4 - The Granada - Lawrence, KS
October 5 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE
October 6 - The Sylvee - Madison, WI
October 8 - The Fillmore - Minneapolis, MN
October 9 - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL
October 11 - Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Toronto, ON
October 12 - MTELUS - Montreal, QC
October 13 - Roadrunner - Boston, MA
October 15 - Brooklyn Paramount - Brooklyn, NY
October 18 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC
October 20 - The Fillmore - Philadelphia, PA
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