Update 12:43 p.m. EDT: This show is postponed. Fontaines frontman Grian Chatten has been diagnosed with laryngitis. See the band’s message for details. A rescheduled date is expected to be announced soon.
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Fontaines D.C. have filled our playlists for most of this young year with moody single “Jackie Down The Line.” But here in Boston, we all have a friend named Jackie who rides down the Green Line, and those two worlds converge tonight (April 25) as the Irish post-punk band pulls up and plays The Paradise Rock Club. We could even go so far as to call this a release party for the band, who this past Friday released their acclaimed third album Skinty Fia, its moniker taken from an Irish phrase which translates to English as “the damnation of the deer” to reflect the record’s myriad themes of Irish identity. Those feelings should all be well-received here in Boston and Fontaines D.C. (the “D.C.” in the name stands for “Dublin City”) should be energized. Besides, any night when a pure Album of the Year contender is on fine display just off the weekend of its release should make for a good time. Monday be damned.
FONTAINES D.C. + JUST MUSTARD :: Monday, April 25 at The Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston, MA :: 7 p.m., all ages, $25 :: Venue info :: Advance Tickets
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