Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death (2020)

Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death (2020)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "I Don't Belong"   4:31

2. "Love Is the Main Thing"   3:53

3. "Televised Mind"   4:10

4. "A Lucid Dream"   3:53

5. "You Said"   4:36

6. "Oh, Such a Spring"   2:32

7. "A Hero's Death"   4:18

8. "Living in America"   4:56

9. "I Was Not Born"   3:50

10. "Sunny"   4:52

11. "No"   5:08

Total length:   46:33

Japanese edition (bonus track)

12. "Liberty Belle" (Live)   3:42

Total length:   50:30

 

Fontaines D.C. Band Members / Musicians / Album Credits

Grian Chatten – lead vocals, tambourine

Carlos O'Connell – guitar, backing vocals

Conor Curley – guitar, piano, backing vocals

Tom Coll – drums, percussion, guitar

Conor Deegan – bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals

Dan Carey – production, mixing

A Hero's Death is the 2nd studio album by Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C. The album was released on 31 July 2020 through Partisan Records, less than 18 months after the release of their debut album Dogrel. The album received critical acclaim upon its release, signifying a partial departure from their bubbling and anxiety-inducing post-punk sound found on their first record to the incorporation of more dream-like and psychedelic aspects having taken inspiration from The Beach Boys, to name but one of many influences, during the writing of the record.

The album received a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards, while also garnering the band a nomination for the Brit Award for International Group and Album of the Year at the 2021 Brit Awards and 2020 Choice Music Prize, respectively.

After a well-publicized chart battle with American singer Taylor Swift, A Hero's Death debuted at number two in the United Kingdom behind her album Folklore because of a last-minute sales tactic on Swift's part.