{"id":45372,"date":"2026-08-14T23:16:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45372"},"modified":"2026-08-14T23:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:16:23","slug":"fontaines-d-c-preview-new-single-marianne-and-confirm-fifth-album-is-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=45372","title":{"rendered":"Fontaines D.C. preview new single &#8216;Marianne&#8217; and confirm fifth album is incoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fontaines-d-c\">Fontaines D.C.<\/a>\u00a0have previewed their forthcoming single \u2018Marianne\u2019 and confirmed that their fifth studio album is on the way.<\/p>\n<p>The Dublin band shared a 30-second snippet of the song on YouTube earlier today (August 14), continuing the fraught, industrial energy that was\u00a0first\u00a0heard when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-fontaines-d-c-debut-two-new-songs-in-first-full-headline-show-of-2026-3961562\">they debuted the track live in C\u00e1diz\u00a0last weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over a frenetic rhythm and sweeping strings,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/grian-chatten\">Grian Chatten<\/a>\u00a0sings: \u201c<i>This year, you should come and stay here \/ You can follow my lead, I can help you disappear \/ Cinematic feeling, understand this is your life \/ You can go on dreaming, you can go under the knife \/ Marianne, this could be your fatal match<\/i>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the preview here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marianne.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x4oJXhGDJUI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a separate Instagram post, the band shared a new photograph of the five-piece taken by Elizaveta\u00a0Porodina, with a caption simply reading: \u201c5.\u201d As 2024\u2019s \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/fontaines-d-c-romance-review-3784445\">Romance<\/a>\u2018 was their fourth studio record, the message appears to confirm that its follow-up is well on its way.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcBQt5woBw2\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It comes just days after Fontaines premiered \u2018Marianne\u2019 and another unreleased song \u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019 during their first full headline show of the year in Spain last Saturday (August 8).<\/p>\n<p>With \u2018Marianne\u2019 suggesting a heavier\u00a0sound, \u2018Six Shot Morning\u2019 laid out a spacey, synth-led aesthetic. Check out\u00a0footage\u00a0of both\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-fontaines-d-c-debut-two-new-songs-in-first-full-headline-show-of-2026-3961562\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The band have spoken about working on their fifth album for some time.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-its-amazing-to-be-young-new-single-video-interview-new-music-3839968\">Talking to\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>in February last year<\/a>, bassist Conor Deegan III said: \u201cIt\u2019s one of those things where we can\u2019t stop writing \u2013 it\u2019s something that we just do when we\u2019re with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guitarist Carlos O\u2019Connell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/dead-dads-club-interview-chilli-jesson-carlos-o-connell-palma-violets-fontaines-dc-future-3925071\">offered another update in January, telling\u00a0<i>NME<\/i><\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ve been writing, it\u2019s been fun. We\u2019re at Reading &amp; Leeds and there are a couple of shows before that. I think if the music is there, it could get busy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about whether they might play new material at the festivals, he replied: \u201cI\u2019d say so. If there is stuff written, then I would say so,\u00a0yeah.\u00a0That\u2019s\u00a0what we used to do all the time, play the new stuff life \u2013 songs that\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0even finished. It\u2019s a good way to test the songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"At home with Fontaines D.C.\u2019s Grian Chatten: &quot;Our personality is bigger than the sound that we make&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cAncWquXDE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fontaines will play a few shows around Europe \u2013 in France,\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0and Austria \u2013 in the coming days, before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/reading-leeds-2026-line-up-headliners-announced-poster-tickets-3914124\">topping the bill at Reading &amp; Leeds at the end of the month<\/a>. They then return home\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/cmat-fontaines-d-c-gorillaz-to-headline-irelands-electric-picnic-2026-buy-tickets-3914958\">to headline Electric Picnic in Ireland on August 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their return to the stage followed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-dc-pay-tribute-after-death-of-manager-and-sixth-member-trevor-dietz-3949887\">the death of their manager Trevor Dietz<\/a>, who they described as \u201cthe sixth member of the band\u201d. Their first performance since his passing was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-play-first-show-since-manager-trevor-dietz-death-for-final-ever-bbc-live-session-at-maida-vale-3960668\">at the BBC\u2019s final live session at Maida Vale earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They released\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-its-amazing-to-be-young-new-single-video-interview-new-music-3839968\">the standalone single \u2018It\u2019s Amazing To Be Young\u2019 in February<\/a>,\u00a0covered\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/check-out-all-fontaines-dc-grian-chatten-songs-help2-peaky-blinders-soundtrack-3933087\">Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor\u2019s \u2018Black Boys\u00a0On\u00a0Mopeds\u2019 for War Child\u2019s \u2018Help(2)\u2019 album<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0contributed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/every-song-on-the-peaky-blinders-the-immortal-man-soundtrack-3931476\">the soundtrack for\u00a0<i>Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fontaines D.C.\u00a0have previewed their forthcoming single \u2018Marianne\u2019 and confirmed that their fifth studio album is on the way. 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