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Fontaines D.C.’s Fifth Album Turns New Wave Into a Dystopian Horror Show
Irish band Fontaines D.C. have made their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber.
It follows their fourth album, Romance, and stretches across a full record the uneasy shifts between calm and chaos heard in songs such as “Starburster.”
The album uses a New Wave sound to portray a dystopian 2020s.
Its lead single, “Marianne,” pairs carnival-like synths and strings with singer Grian Chatten’s promise to help someone disappear.
The music often turns romantic moments into threats, while songs such as “Happy for You” and “Tongue” move from restrained moods into bursts of anger or noise.
The review describes the album as bold but says it has no obvious pop hit or festival anthem.
The band’s follow-up to Romance sustains a dark, unsettling mood across the record.
Fontaines D.C.’s fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, uses a New Wave sound to depict a dystopian world, according to a Consequence review.
The review describes the record as a bold follow-up to the band’s fourth album, Romance.
Lead single “Marianne” and second single “Tongue” show the album’s mix of seductive melodies and unsettling sounds.
The album sustains a cycle of moments of relief and menace across the record.
- Who
- Irish band Fontaines D.C.
- What
- The band’s fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, is reviewed as a New Wave portrait of 2020s dystopia.
- When
- The review was published on October 14, 2026. The album’s release date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Not stated
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Fontaines D.C. released their second-ever single, “Hurricane Laughter.
The band released “Starburster,” which the review calls one of their biggest and best songs to date.
Consequence published its review of Dopamine Chamber.
- Album
- Dopamine Chamber, Fontaines D.C.’s fifth album
- Preceding album
- Romance, the band’s fourth album
- Lead single
- Marianne
- Second single
- Tongue
- Review outlet and date
- Consequence, October 14, 2026
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