Fontaines D.C. Release New Single It's Amazing To Be Young
Friday, 21 February 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Theo Cottle
Fontaines D.C. have shared a new single, It's Amazing To Be Young.
Continuing in a similar vein to last year's album, 'Romance', the upbeat track offers The Cure-esque jangly guitars along with a nostalgia-invoking aesthetic, and will be available on limited edition 7" vinyl featuring another new song on the b-side, Before You I Just Forget. Bassist Conor Deegan III said:
"It’s Amazing To Be Young is a song that was written in the presence of a newborn child — Carlos’ child. It sounded more like a lullaby or a music box then, but with the same lyric — “it’s amazing to be young.” The feeling of hope a child can give is profound and moving, especially for young men like us. That sense of wanting to create a world for them to grow up in happily. It’s a feeling that fights against the cynicism that can often overtake us in the modern world. So we wanted to declare which side we were on — it really is amazing to be young. We are still free, and want to make that feeling spread. We want to protect it for the others around us, and maybe in doing that, can also help protect it for ourselves."
Head below to view the song's accompanying video, directed by Luna Carmoon, who commented: "I love this new track — it’s one of my favorites Fontaines have done and I love that I got to complete the trilogy of videos for it. It was all natural and kind of a surprise that the three videos came together. I’ve got to work with such a beautiful team and was really given the space and breath to create the worlds that automatically came to me when hearing the music. I feel like we’re living in this weird time where romantic love is being pushed to the side, and sex and love is unvirtuous and no longer what people want to see. I don’t believe that at all. I love that these two people have fallen in love with themselves, and I wanted to see them fall in love with each other. I planted the seed after I did the carjitsu video (“In The Modern World”) and then I had a couple of days to write the video for It’s Amazing To Be Young. There are a lot of odes to Santa Sangre it. It also reminds me of my first short film Shagbands."
The Grammy-nominated and BRIT Award-winning group will tour Australia and New Zealand in March, before North American shows later in the spring, and major outdoor gigs across Europe and the UK in the summer. Tickets are on sale now.
Last month, the band were nominated for a BRIT Award in the International Group of the Year category. Head here for more details and a full list of nominees. The awards ceremony will take place at the O2 Arena in London on March 1, and will be broadcast live on ITV1 and streaming service ITVX.
Fontaines DC Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu February 27 2025 - RED HILL Perth Fest
Sat March 01 2025 - BRISBANE Riverstage
Thu March 06 2025 - SYDNEY Opera House Forecourt
Sat March 08 2025 - MELBOURNE Palace Foreshore
Sun March 09 2025 - MEREDITH Golden Plains Music Festival
Mon March 10 2025 - MELBOURNE Palace Foreshore
Wed March 12 2025 - AUCKLAND Spark Arena
Thu April 17 2025 - SEATTLE Washington - Showbox Sodo at Showbox - Complex (USA)
Fri April 18 2025 - VANCOUVER British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom (Canada)
Sat April 19 2025 - PORTLAND Oregon - Roseland Theater (USA)
Mon April 21 2025 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Union (USA)
Tue April 22 2025 - DENVER Colorado - Mission Ballroom (USA)
Thu April 24 2025 - DALLAS Texas - Studio at the Factory Deep Ellum - Complex (USA)
Fri April 25 2025 - HOUSTON Texas - White Oak Music Hall - Downstairs (USA)
Sat April 26 2025 - AUSTIN Texas - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater (USA)
Mon April 28 2025 - NEW ORLEANS Louisiana - Civic Theatre (USA)
Tue April 29 2025 - ATLANTA Georgia - Eastern Atlanta (USA)
Wed April 30 2025 - NASHVILLE Tennessee - Marathon Music Works (USA)
Fri May 02 2025 - LOUISVILLE Kentucky - Mercury Ballroom (USA)
Sat May 03 2025 - RALEIGH North Carolina - Ritz Raleigh (USA)
Sun May 04 2025 - COLUMBUS Ohio - KEMBA LIVE! (USA)
Tue May 06 2025 - INDIANAPOLIS Indiana - Vogue Theatre Indianapolis (USA)
Wed May 07 2025 - DETROIT Michigan - Fillmore Detroit (USA)
Thu May 08 2025 - CLEVELAND Ohio - Agora Theater (USA)
Sat May 10 2025 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - Anthem (USA)
Sun May 11 2025 - NORFOLK Virginia - Norva (USA)
Tue May 13 2025 - ALBANY New York - Empire Live (USA)
Wed May 14 2025 - NEW HAVEN Connecticut - College Street Music Hall (USA)
Fri May 16 2025 - NEW YORK New York - Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom (USA)
Sat May 17 2025 - NEW YORK New York - Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom (USA)
Sun May 18 2025 - NEW YORK New York - Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom (USA)
Sat July 05 2025 - LONDON Finsbury Park
Sat July 12 2025 - GLASGOW Green
Sun July 13 2025 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Exhibition Park
Wed July 30 2025 - CARDIFF Castle
Fri August 15 2025 - MANCHESTER Wythenshawe Park
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