As an Irishman living in London, Grian Chatten deals with a lot of bullshit. I think its interesting in this world where its incredibly important to be good, it just makes it very, very alluring to write from the perspective of somebody who doesnt want to be good or doesnt feel the need to pretend to be good. Bringing the pair together over a scratchy three-way phone line today, they trade asides, quotes and one liners, eager to impress one another. Despite the four decades between them, Fontaines DC frontman Grian Chatten and longstanding punk poet John Cooper Clarke have much in common. It was the final straw for Grian Chatten and his adopted home city of Dublin. We better check if there are any bombs. Chatten reckons it subconsciously seeped into his writing. Im sure there is. Out of fear. At some point, you try to wear it as a badge of honour.. Thats kind of what I was interested in. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. [2], They released music videos directed by frequent collaborator Hugh Mulhern. Picture by Ellius Grace/PA. All Rights reserved. I realized that that was an interesting place for me to go on the next record., The rest of the album took shape back in London during dreamy night sessions at the bands rehearsal space. There is also a frank . We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. [29] The Times said that "Shouty post-punk bands are making a surprise comeback in 2019, with this brutal but articulate Irish bunch emerging as one of the most captivating. Changed your mind? The only other time the Dublin outfit had been here was for a KEXP live session in Seattle, but last month they played to an American crowd for the very first time in their young, but burgeoning musical career. I dont know exactly what that is; its an abstract thing, but its like somethings over ya know. Its like a physical manifestation or physical metaphor for empathy. The Fontaines D.C.'s force-of-nature punk-poet frontman sounds light . Would you ever want people to tell your story like that, in the same way youre telling theirs? I have a sort of soft spot for the accent as well because I was born up in Cumbria, a town called Barrow-in-Furness. Chatten's dense, chewy lyrics, rich with allusions to the modernist poets the band first bonded over while at music school, hinted at a world trapped between history and modernity, where cabbies,. John, theres a sequence in your book about a teacher who organised poetry competitions that were almost like rap battlesJohn: It was a tough school. [16][26] The record was recorded live on tape. I feel guilty for having left. Please, A fresh breath: Chatten says the bands second album is like the exhalation after Dogrels inhalation. A lot of the lyrics are about stories I identify with but arent necessarily personal. He thinks a lot about a lot of things, and when you're talking to him you see his thought process in the way he articulates his words and writes songs. An example I was thinking of was how the Rolling Stones brought the blues and a lot of music rooted in black culture, American culture, back to America when the whole British Invasion happened. The title Dogrel is an homage to Doggerel, working class Irish poetry[25] 'poetry of the people' that dates back to 1630. [10][11] Prior to starting Fontaines D.C., Chatten was a part of local indie rock bands Gun Runner and Thumbprint, serving as a drummer and guitarist/singer respectively. Grians second channel, Two Much Grian, currently has 283K subscribers. Yeah man. After making waves in Europe, Fontaines D.C. are taking their first crack at America; first in New York, then SXSW, followed by an American tour opening for Idles. The reason I use the word embrace, trying to talk about this, is because in a sense, especially when you surround yourselves or almost insulate yourself with people who are from the same area as you in a new country most of my friends here are from Dublin as well the effect is that you begin to look for it or love it. Jackie Down the Line His secretive love life. I got hold of your stuff last night and I like your style, the overcoat, the look, the voice, these are all the ingredients to make great records. Paul Duggan gave the album an unprecedented 10 bananas out of 10. Better late than never. This amount will fund over 300,000 hot meals. I feel like I abandoned Ireland., On Roman Holiday, he is trying to embrace London as an Irish person, where youre sort of still mocked and told to go home. The rain swiveling and careening through the cobblestones on any street thats slightly steeped, its beautiful. I recently married my soul mate in the middle of a pandemic. Carlos [OConnell], one of our guitarists wrote the lyrics and he wrote the main riff and everything like that. As of 2023, Grian is possibly single. It couldn't be easier to sign up - simply enter your email address here and we'll do the rest. I make a point of visiting friends and family that wont necessarily be as kind to me, the people that will bring me back down to Earth, when Im home because Im also paranoid of changing and getting too big headed. I think one of the main reasons I dont think of it as that anymore is because of people like John. His friends Martyn, Timmy, LDShadowLady, NettyPlays, Tomahawk, Bigbst4tz2, Mini Muka, Taurtis and SystemZee started their journey together, with PearlescentMoon joining in later. "Televised Mind" did not enter the Irish Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the Irish Homegrown Top 20 chart. Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met while attending music college at BIMM in The Liberties, Dublin. An intense, independent-minded conversationalist, he talks with staccato passion about art and music, class and politics, culture and creativity, fame and money, identity and integrity. Their music namechecks literary figures such as James Joyce and Brendan Behan, with Dublins Liberties where the band met in college as the backdrop. It feels more like an ex-lover at this point, but I think thats because weve consumed it, processed it, and then put it back out into the world creatively because weve written all these songs, weve made this album, the album is finished. Unfortunately all out trips were cancelled this year, but we are hoping that at least the wedding can still happen. The band's debut album, Dogrel, was released on 12 April 2019 to widespread critical acclaim; it was listed as Album of the Year on the record store Rough Trade's website,[4] voted Album of the Year by presenters on BBC Radio 6 Music,[5] and was nominated for both the Mercury Prize and the Choice Music Prize.[6]. Chatten, who now resides in London with his fiancee, and has English relatives on his mother's side, says he was shocked to read about the family's story, following Mrs Keane's death in 2018, aged 73. We read this when we went back to Ireland for the start of the pandemic. I never heard it before Tom [Coll] said it to me recently, but it was a substitute for a swear word, basically. Chatten has been spending his coronavirus-induced lockdown in the refuge of books: lately he's been sucked into the pages of Mikhail Bulgakov's 1966 novel The Master And Margarita, stalking the. The YouTuber posted two Instagram photos announcing the proposal: One showed the gorgeous sea and blue sky that provided a romantic backdrop for the special moment, and the other showed the engagement ring on Grians fiances finger. When you clock in in the morning, youre really clocking out, do you know what I mean? Its what makes this songwriting dynamo tick. We can expect good news very soon. He had this piece of music and the title, and then I wrote the lyrics more or less in one go. So I think thats where the Dublin accent really came from; a desire to fit in. It comes in no new form ever. Grian thinks a lot. Im curious as to what that would even sound like. T&Cs apply, Words by Mr Niall Doherty | Photography by Filmawi, The worst thing anyone could say to Mr Grian Chatten is that hes not really Irish. [16], Fontaines D.C. started out self-releasing singles. I was basically too bollocksed all the time and the idea of a bed started to scare me more and more, he says. Am I really being influenced by that anymore? Skinty Fia by Fontaines D.C. is out on 22 April. Its still not part of the law, its only been written into the constitution so theres still a process, but I think that engaged everyone, all the youth in Ireland politically. Thats a classic example of coming over to a different culture and telling that culture something about themselves I think as well. Kind of hang his head and collect himself and then turn around and go back in. Theres lines like, I will be your dog in the corner, and I would light your cigarette. Its just this subservience that I wanted to use in order to express the element of compromise thats necessary. The teacher was Mr Malone, he was a tough guy. I hope you wont be offended when I say there were echoes of the late Mark E. Smith, I mean I dont mind when people compare me to Alexander PopeGrian Chatten, Fontaines DC: I never really get upset about that! Its that sort of pseudo-knowledge. Underneath all the sunshine that it tends to have, when it rains its its true form. Out of the fear of God people are more polite. He then explained to his followers that the secret to gaining those followers was being committed to YouTube and loving what he does. I think the song would be summed up with the word doom.. I dont really like to get in the spotlight too often which is obviously contradictory to what I do. I think everything gets lost in inauthenticity. Theyre both from Dublin and theyre both very talented musicians. Every day Id kind of find a room of space on my own and just spend like an hour just listening to that. That dont give a fuck attitude is not so much a part of some rebellious image as it is a reflection of a deeply inquisitive soul. I feel guilty for having left. Theres a story in the papers about a woman from Coventry in England. "How Cold Love Is" did not enter the Irish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 13 on the Irish Homegrown Top 20 chart. Trying to find Ireland's best burger or best pizza? Fontane was godson of Vito Corleone. Grian and his wife had planned to travel a lot before getting married, but the coronavirus pandemic forced them to postpone those plans. Apart from entertaining his followers, Grian uses his platform to raise money for charity and to sensitize his fans on various causes around the world. The band returned to The Tonight Show as musical guests, performing "A Hero's Death" on 28 January 2021. Loro Piana's latest collection is here. He explained how the track In ar gCroithe go deo, which means: In our hearts forever was about the story of Margaret Keane, an Irishwoman who moved to Coventry. You want reminders of the fact that youre part of this group of people that are still sort of mocked and told to go home. As frontman and chief lyricist of the Dublin post-punk quintet Fontaines D.C., Chatten has channelled life growing up in Ireland into his band's music, songs that take in themes of mental health, corrupt governments, religion and community. One star sign hopes to regain harmony in the workplace, while another should start looking after their own interests. Like mad oily, contaminated clouds. To consider Irishness as inherently sort of linked to the IRA or terrorism, or anything like that, its just deeply upsetting to hear, he told music magazine Rolling Stone. Fontaines DCs A Heros Death is out now via Partisan. Well I think anyone living on the outside of a group of people can tell that group of people something about themselves. He wrote the song I Love You for Ireland, saying: Ive moved from that country. Words: Patrick Clarke As frontman and chief lyricist of the Dublin post-punk quintet Fontaines D.C., Chatten has channelled life growing up in Ireland into his band's music, songs that take in themes of mental health, corrupt governments, religion and community. They used to have really turbulent and loud arguments. Yeah I think I do. Instead, I'm talking to the disembodied voice of Grian Chatten, down the phone line from London. Its not unlicensed and its not impure. I dont like to talk to people after gigs, so I dont really have a desire to remain on peoples tongues after this stuff happens but I would like to leave a mark in the sense of inspiring people to get into literature and poetry because I think its very good for you. Its funny you should mention your dad, Grian, because my dad discouraged this course of action at every opportunity. I kind of feel like its in two parts. Skinty Fia is an expression that our drummers great auntie used to say. Youre huddled together a bit more.. Ive moved from that country. I have such a profound connection with him. Im sure in some way, thats how I feel being here, that theres this doom ringing in my head and I dont know why. I mean, I am, I just think it would be really hard because I dont know how to write without that kind of duality or that tension or a duplicity almost. Three albums later, the parameters have changed. It felt very structured or something like that, and easy, Chatten says. Cait ORiordan from the Pogues is coming tonight. I used to listen to his readings of Dubliners. Bringing the pair together over a scratchy three-way phone line today, they trade . Lo and behold, it turned out to be another song about Ireland, he says. Theyd be roaring their heads off. In many ways, his country defines him, as a songwriter, as an artist and as a person. That was in the summer right? Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Is there any American crossover in Ireland? 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