{"id":4858,"date":"2026-10-07T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?p=4858"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:05:40","slug":"what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post-punk is the easiest answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is no longer the complete answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fontaines D.C. began as a Dublin guitar band rooted heavily in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">post-punk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">punk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">garage rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and spoken-word intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then every album made the label less useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Romance in 2024, the band were incorporating:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shoegaze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">goth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">industrial production<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">trip-hop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">electronic music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and widescreen alternative rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, arrives October 16, 2026 and moves even further away from the guitar language of their earliest records into colder, stranger and more synthetic territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What genre are Fontaines D.C.?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternative rock if you want one broad box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post-punk if you are talking about their origins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something increasingly difficult to classify if you have listened beyond the first album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why were Fontaines D.C. called post-punk?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to Dogrel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ingredients are obvious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Repetitive guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bass-driven arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dry production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoken or half-spoken vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dublin identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Punk energy without conventional punk speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That placed Fontaines D.C. naturally beside the late-2010s post-punk revival that also included artists such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IDLES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Murder Capital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dry Cleaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The label worked extremely well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is \u201cBoys in the Better Land\u201d post-punk?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very much so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is probably the easiest introduction to the early Fontaines sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driving rhythm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raw guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grian Chatten sounding halfway between:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">singing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">talking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and delivering a speech outside a pub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you discovered the band through \u201cStarburster\u201d or \u201cFavourite\u201d, the first album can sound almost like a different group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That evolution is the reason people increasingly search the genre question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What changed on A Hero\u2019s Death?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second album slowed down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The songs became darker and more repetitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of relying constantly on momentum, the band started using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">drones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">psychological tension<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">minimalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and more hypnotic arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post-punk still worked as a label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But already, Fontaines were stretching it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What genre is Skinty Fia?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still alternative\/post-punk at the core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But considerably more gothic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skinty Fia moved into:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">dark bass<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irish traditional references<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">electronic texture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gothic atmosphere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and much more spacious production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Songs such as \u201cJackie Down the Line\u201d still behave like guitar songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others sound much less attached to rock orthodoxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why did Romance change everything?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because Fontaines D.C. stopped sounding like a band worried about belonging to one scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Romance was produced by James Ford and pushed them into much larger sonic territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cStarburster\u201d uses a rhythmic, almost hip-hop-adjacent structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFavourite\u201d is bright and nostalgic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The title track feels dark and cinematic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album moves between textures rather than reinforcing one established identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That helped Romance reach No. 2 in the UK, become platinum-certified and earn Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Fontaines D.C. goth?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not in the sense that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fontaines D.C. = goth band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But goth and gothic rock have clearly become part of their vocabulary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can hear connections with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bauhaus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depeche Mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joy Division<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and darker 1980s alternative music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visual side of Romance also pushed much further toward gothic and exaggerated alternative fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If somebody hears a track such as \u201cFavourite\u201d and calls it goth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not especially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If they hear darker parts of Romance and understand why the connection exists?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Definitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are Fontaines D.C. shoegaze?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">not exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But shoegaze texture has become increasingly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shoegaze typically uses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">layers of guitar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">effects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">distortion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">reverb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to create atmosphere rather than traditional riff-based rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fontaines D.C. increasingly use guitars that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radar\u2019s existing shoegaze guide would be a natural internal link here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does \u201cTongue\u201d tell us about the next album?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That the movement away from straightforward live-band rock is continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the newly released \u201cTongue\u201d, bassist Conor Deegan\u2019s part was manipulated through tape-speed changes, while Grian Chatten\u2019s vocal was processed through a sampler until parts of it sounded deliberately inhuman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guitarist Conor Curley described the process as holding back the recognisable live-band elements until they were actually required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is not a band trying desperately to preserve its post-punk credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Dopamine Chamber supposed to sound like?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band describe the album almost as an experiment performed on the listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chatten has said the record itself is the \u201cdopamine chamber\u201d and each track is intended to create a different altered mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The official album description says Fontaines D.C. are deliberately becoming:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">colder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">stranger<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and more synthetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album also features Rosal\u00eda on \u201cWhere Is Gone?\u201d \u2014 the first guest appearance on a Fontaines D.C. album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Again:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">not particularly committed to genre purity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Songs that explain Fontaines D.C.\u2019s evolution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen chronologically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boys in the Better Land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Hero\u2019s Death<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jackie Down the Line<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I Love You<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starburster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Favourite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marianne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the final track, \u201cpost-punk\u201d begins feeling like a historical fact rather than a complete description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bands like Fontaines D.C.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the early post-punk side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Murder Capital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IDLES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shame<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Protomartyr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Iceage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the darker modern side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depeche Mode<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIIV<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nine Inch Nails<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massive Attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the more melodic alternative-rock side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Strokes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arctic Monkeys<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Smiths<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Radiohead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So what genre are Fontaines D.C.?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Start with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">post-punk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then add:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">alternative rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">gothic rock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shoegaze<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">electronic music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then eventually give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is probably a compliment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most interesting bands usually begin inside a genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then spend the rest of their career making the label increasingly inconvenient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post-punk is the easiest answer. It is no longer the complete answer. Fontaines D.C. began as a Dublin guitar band rooted heavily in: post-punk punk garage rock and spoken-word intensity. Then every album made the label less useful. By Romance in 2024, the band were incorporating: shoegaze goth industrial production trip-hop electronic music and widescreen alternative rock. Their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, arrives October 16, 2026 and moves even further away from the guitar language of their earliest records into colder, stranger and more synthetic territory. So: What genre are Fontaines D.C.? Alternative rock if you want one broad box&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2990,2991],"coauthors":[2],"class_list":["post-4858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fountaines-dc","tag-post-punk-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.? - RouteNote - Radar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.? - RouteNote - Radar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Post-punk is the easiest answer. It is no longer the complete answer. Fontaines D.C. began as a Dublin guitar band rooted heavily in: post-punk punk garage rock and spoken-word intensity. Then every album made the label less useful. By Romance in 2024, the band were incorporating: shoegaze goth industrial production trip-hop electronic music and widescreen alternative rock. Their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, arrives October 16, 2026 and moves even further away from the guitar language of their earliest records into colder, stranger and more synthetic territory. So: What genre are Fontaines D.C.? Alternative rock if you want one broad box....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RouteNote - Radar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-07T14:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-05T11:05:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Radar Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Radar Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/\",\"name\":\"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.? - RouteNote - Radar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-07T14:01:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-05T11:05:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/84acf3ef696cf23eb58b00a412a88b5d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/\",\"name\":\"RouteNote - Radar\",\"description\":\"Radar is your home for the latest in artist and music news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/84acf3ef696cf23eb58b00a412a88b5d\",\"name\":\"Radar Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/14878ad60959f746cebf48c876c5110c\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/621725d9fca5b58a6007a04f779a1ebcc709300c88313b81cbffe3b1cc9c5459?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/621725d9fca5b58a6007a04f779a1ebcc709300c88313b81cbffe3b1cc9c5459?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Radar Team\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.? - RouteNote - Radar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.? - RouteNote - Radar","og_description":"Post-punk is the easiest answer. It is no longer the complete answer. Fontaines D.C. began as a Dublin guitar band rooted heavily in: post-punk punk garage rock and spoken-word intensity. Then every album made the label less useful. By Romance in 2024, the band were incorporating: shoegaze goth industrial production trip-hop electronic music and widescreen alternative rock. Their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber, arrives October 16, 2026 and moves even further away from the guitar language of their earliest records into colder, stranger and more synthetic territory. So: What genre are Fontaines D.C.? Alternative rock if you want one broad box....","og_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/","og_site_name":"RouteNote - Radar","article_published_time":"2026-10-07T14:01:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-05T11:05:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Radar Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Radar Team","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/","name":"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.? - RouteNote - Radar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png","datePublished":"2026-10-07T14:01:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-05T11:05:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/84acf3ef696cf23eb58b00a412a88b5d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png","width":1024,"height":1024},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/what-genre-are-fontaines-d-c\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What Genre Are Fontaines D.C.?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/","name":"RouteNote - Radar","description":"Radar is your home for the latest in artist and music news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/84acf3ef696cf23eb58b00a412a88b5d","name":"Radar Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/14878ad60959f746cebf48c876c5110c","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/621725d9fca5b58a6007a04f779a1ebcc709300c88313b81cbffe3b1cc9c5459?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/621725d9fca5b58a6007a04f779a1ebcc709300c88313b81cbffe3b1cc9c5459?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Radar Team"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar"],"url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/author\/rn_adm_rad\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/routenote_What_Genre_Are_Fontaines_D.C._-profile_y3xfdqy_-v_171b10ac-096d-4981-a96f-294905872250_1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4860,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858\/revisions\/4860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4858"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/radar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}