Black Country, New Road dressed as Fontaines D.C. for Halloween last night – check out clips below.
BC/NR walked out at their headline gig at O2 Academy Brixton last night (October 31) to ‘Starbuster‘, the lead single from Fontaines D.C.’s latest album ‘Romance‘, while in costume as the iconic Irish band.
Behind them on the stage, they had the Fontaines logo as their backdrop. They then played a setlist which included some spooky covers, opening with AC/DC‘s ‘Highway to Hell’ and later on playing ‘Paint It Black’ by the Rolling Stones.
Elsewhere, they performed ‘Laura Palmer’s Theme’ from Twin Peaks. Check out the highlights below.
@linusextipsFontaines D.C. perform the Twin Peaks theme #blackcountrynewroad #bcnr #twinpeaks
The headline, sold-out gig follows the release of their third album ‘Forever Howlong’ earlier this year. The record scored a four-star review from NME, which read: “There’s a fresh warmth to ‘Forever, Howlong’, but don’t mistake that for sonic pathetic fallacy.
“The pregnant protagonist of ‘Nancy Tries To Take The Night’ has one of the most devastating narrative arcs on the record; the combination of banjo and nylon guitar makes for such an unusually rich tone for the band, bolstered by Hyde’s sonorous alto that grounds the song.”
Elsewhere, Fontaines D.C. called an end to their ‘Romance‘ era back in September, with an eerie live video for ‘Desire’.
In a four-star review of Fontaines D.C.’s show at Finsbury Park over the summer, NME hailed the set as a “surreal, powerful statement from future Glasto headliners”, and called them “the most important band of this decade”.
“The acid, neon and sci-fi of 2024’s ‘Romance’ is a world of its own,” it read. “As Amy Taylor of support act Amyl And The Sniffers puts it, “Fontaines, especially their last album, remind me of how it feels to be alive today, which is really fucking confusing”. She points specifically to the profound ‘Modern World’ as a soundtrack to these times of horror fatigue and livestreaming atrocities.
“That universe is reflected in today’s line-up and their actions – soulful, fierce and independent acts. The fight for Palestine dominates the day, not least from Kneecap (who Fontaines frontman Grian Chatten joins for the cutting polemic ‘Better Way To Live’) and it’s a cause shared by the flag-baring, freedom-calling crowd.”
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