Fontaines D.C have released new single “Tongue,” the track follows their previous single “Marianne,” and is off their forthcoming album, Dopamine Chamber, dropping on October 16th via XL Recordings. The song is paired with a video directed by John Angus Stewart and shot in New York City.

“We continued where Romance left off, leaving the live-band elements until they were really needed,” says Conor Curley of the song’s recording process. Conor Deegan created the slouchy bass by manipulating tape speed – a technique often used by Prince – evoking the loose, pitched character of sampled hip-hop bass. Carlos O’Connell pushed Chatten’s vocal through a sampler, distorting its pitch until it resembles a malicious extraterrestrial voice. Guitars screech, piano bellows and strings and orchestration gradually break apart the track’s stoic façade.

Dopamine Chamber was made with James Ford (Black Country New Road, Arctic Monkeys, Shame) between London, the English countryside and Palermo, where Chatten recorded vocals in a makeshift booth built from mattresses and cushions. “There’s a poignant sense of us being on the brink of some other kind of form of humanity, or non-humanity,” says Chatten. For their fifth album, Fontaines D.C. have built the chamber. What happens to the listener inside it will be the experiment.

Fontaines D.C.
Dopamine Chamber
XL Recordings

1. Six Shot Morning
2. Marianne
3. Mimesis
4. Happy For You
5. Demolition
6. Tongue
7. One Man
8. Where Is Gone? (with ROSALÍA)
9. You Miss Me
10. Japan
11. Intimate

Fontaines D.C. Live Dates

2026

Wednesday October 21st – MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Thursday October 22nd – Movistar Arena, Madrid, Spain
Saturday October 24th – Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona, Spain (SOLD OUT)
Monday October 26th – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday October 28th – Hangar Stage 1, Belgrade, Serbia
Friday October 30th – Sportovní hala Fortuna, Prague, Czech Republic
Saturday October 31st – Atlas Arena, Łódź, Poland (SOLD OUT)
Monday November 2nd – Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin, Germany (SOLD OUT)
Thursday November 5th – Hovet, Stockholm, Sweden
Friday November 6th – Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
Sunday November 8th – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tuesday November 10th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Netherlands (SOLD OUT)
Thursday November 12th – AFAS Dome, Antwerp, Belgium (SOLD OUT)
Friday November 13th – Accor Arena, Paris, France (SOLD OUT)
Friday November 20th – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, UK (SOLD OUT)
Saturday November 21st – AO Arena, Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)
Sunday November 22nd – OVO Hydro, Glasgow, UK (SOLD OUT)
Tuesday November 24th – First Direct Arena, Leeds, UK (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday November 25th – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, UK (SOLD OUT)
Friday November 27th – The O2 Arena, London, UK (SOLD OUT)

2027

Tuesday February 9th – RAC Arena, Perth, WA, Australia (Headline Show)
Friday February 12th – Laneway Festival, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Saturday February 13th – Laneway Festival, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Wednesday February 17th – AEC Arena, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Headline Show)
Friday February 19th – Laneway Festival, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Sunday February 21st – Laneway Festival, Auckland, New Zealand
Friday June 18th – Rock In Roma, Rome, Italy
Saturday June 19th – I-Days Festival, Milan, Italy
Saturday June 26th – Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland
Sunday June 27th – Slane Castle, County Meath, Ireland
Tuesday June 29th – Blackweir Fields, Cardiff, UK
Thursday July 1st – St James’ Park, Newcastle, UK
Saturday July 3rd – Heaton Park, Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)
Sunday July 4th – Heaton Park, Manchester, UK
Tuesday July 6th – Glasgow Green, Glasgow, UK
Friday July 9th – London Stadium, London, UK
Wednesday August 11th – Barclays Arena, Hamburg, Germany
Tuesday August 17th – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
Wednesday August 18th – Parkbühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany

pre-order Dopamine Chamber by Fontaines D.C. HERE