{"id":24727,"date":"2025-04-16T12:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24727\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T12:24:07","slug":"listen-to-fontaines-d-c-s-deluxe-reissue-of-romance-with-dreamy-new-song-before-you-i-just-forget-and-david-lynch-inspired-spin-on-starburster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24727\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to Fontaines D.C.&#8217;s deluxe reissue of &#8216;Romance&#8217; with dreamy new song &#8216;Before You I Just Forget&#8217; and David Lynch-inspired spin on &#8216;Starburster&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fontaines-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fontaines D.C.<\/a> have released a new song called \u2018Before You I Just Forget\u2019 from the deluxe edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/fontaines-d-c-romance-review-3784445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Romance\u2019<\/a>. Listen to the extended album in full below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-its-amazing-to-be-young-new-single-video-interview-new-music-3839968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fontaines D.C. tell us about beautiful new single \u2018It\u2019s Amazing To Be Young\u2019 and what\u2019s next<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Dublin band dropped the original version of their acclaimed fourth studio record last summer. It peaked at Number Two in the UK, and recently<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/these-are-the-best-selling-vinyl-albums-and-singles-of-2025-so-far-3852805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0landed at Number Four in the top 10 best-selling vinyl albums of 2025 so far<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/lists\/end-of-year\/best-albums-2024-3818995#2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0NME\u00a0named the LP the second-best album of 2024<\/a>\u00a0behind\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/charli-xcx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charli XCX<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/charli-xcx-brat-review-lyrics-tracklist-3762875\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018BRAT\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today (April 16), Fontaines have shared \u2018Romance (Deluxe Edition)\u2019 on digital online platforms. The collection contains three additional tracks, including a dreamy new track titled \u2018Before You I Just Forget\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It also features the group\u2019s standalone single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-its-amazing-to-be-young-new-single-video-interview-new-music-3839968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018It\u2019s Amazing To Be Young\u2019<\/a>, which was released in February. The deluxe version closes with a previously unreleased, stripped-back live version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/fontaines-d-c-starbust-track-review-xl-romance-3618968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Starburster\u2019<\/a> that incorporates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/david-lynch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Lynch<\/a>\u2019s \u2018In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the new music, the band\u2019s Conor Culrey said: \u201c\u2018Before You I Just Forget\u2019 is a song that started with a vision of this really blown out sound, something that heaved and shifted with new details becoming apparent every time you would listen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike never being able to step in the same river twice, the song morphs and changes, finishing with an incredible string part by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/grian-chatten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grian [Chatten, singer]<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the new tracks here, along with the full deluxe edition:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Before You I Just Forget\u2019 had previously appeared on the B-side to \u2018It\u2019s Amazing To Be Young\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/here-are-all-the-winners-from-the-brit-awards-2025-3842577?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=here-are-all-the-winners-from-the-brit-awards-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fontaines D.C. took home the International Group Of The Year award at the BRITs 2025<\/a> last month. At this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/grammys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grammys<\/a>, \u2018Romance\u2019\u00a0was nominated for Best Rock Album \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fans-react-to-the-rolling-stones-beating-idles-fontaines-d-c-green-day-and-more-for-best-rock-album-at-grammys-3834065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but ultimately lost out to The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u2018Hackney Diamonds\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-dc-talk-losing-best-rock-album-to-the-rolling-stones-3847534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responding to the defeat recently<\/a>, guitarist Carlos O\u2019Connell conceded: \u201cThey\u2019re a great band though. It\u2019s a bit mad, but at the same time it is The Rolling Stones [\u2026] I think we need to turn 40 to get the Grammy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-its-amazing-to-be-young-new-single-video-interview-new-music-3839968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Speaking to NME about \u2018It\u2019s Amazing To Be Young\u2019 in February<\/a>, Conor Deegan III explained: \u201cI\u2019m glad it got to see the light of day, because it\u2019s a special song to us. More so for the way it was written than the song itself, in a weird way. It started life in the presence of Carlos\u2019 newborn and it\u2019s just a message for her, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cIt was really heartwarming. Sometimes as people we can be a bit cynical. The world around us can make you that way if you\u2019re paying attention to it. Sometimes optimism feels like a necessary delusion, but with the birth of a new child we were introduced to a really pure and deep beauty and hope that can\u2019t be debated away by anyone jaded or even by ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-reveal-lineup-huge-london-finsbury-park-show-blondshell-been-stellar-cardinals-3853189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fontaines D.C. have revealed the full line-up for their huge show at London\u2019s Finsbury Park this summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group are also scheduled to play outdoor headline concerts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-announce-massive-2025-manchester-show-at-wythenshawe-park-3797642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wythenshawe Park in Manchester<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-add-huge-cardiff-castle-show-to-summer-2025-uk-tour-plans-3806310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardiff Castle<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-dc-announce-newcastle-summer-2025-show-english-teacher-buy-tickets-3817788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Exhibition Park in Newcastle<\/a>. They\u2019ll play a run of European festival dates too, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/50-cent-biffy-clyro-and-snow-patrol-head-eye-catching-trnsmt-2025-festival-line-up-tickets-3818465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appear at TRNSMT 2025 in Glasgow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/fontaines-d-c-romance-review-3784445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a glowing five-star review of \u2018Romance\u2019<\/a>, NME wrote: \u201c\u2018Romance\u2019 offers moments of wonder and gravity while also feeling occasionally foreboding. Much of its power, therefore, comes from the way the discomfiting mood is offset by the lusciousness of the melodies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fontaines D.C. have released a new song called \u2018Before You I Just Forget\u2019 from the deluxe edition of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,481,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-24727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indie","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114347629920046222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}