Skinty Fia

Skinty Fia is the third studio album by Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. It was released on 22 April 2022 via Partisan Records. Like the band's two previous albums – 2019's Dogrel and 2020's A Hero's Death – Skinty Fia was produced by Dan Carey.[2] Its title refers to an old Irish saying that drummer Tom Coll's great-aunt used to say. The phrase "Skinty Fia" translates to "the damnation of the deer". Both the title and the cover art allude to the extinct Irish elk, also known as the "giant deer".[3][4]

Skinty Fia
Studio album by
Fontaines D.C.
Released22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Recorded2021
GenrePost-punk[1]
Length44:52
Label
ProducerDan Carey
Fontaines D.C. chronology
A Hero's Death
(2020)		 Skinty Fia
(2022)
Singles from Skinty Fia
  1. "Jackie Down the Line"
    Released: 12 January 2022
  2. "I Love You"
    Released: 17 February 2022
  3. "Skinty Fia"
    Released: 21 March 2022
  4. "Roman Holiday"
    Released: 19 April 2022

Skinty Fia became the band's first number-one album in both Ireland and the UK.[5][6]

The album garnered the band a win for the Brit Award for International Group at the 2023 Brit Awards and a nomination for Album of the Year at the Choice Music Prize for the year 2022.[7][8]

Promotion

The album was announced on 12 January 2022, to coincide with the release of its lead single "Jackie Down the Line".[9] A second single, "I Love You", was released just over a month later on 17 February 2022,[10] a song which the band described as “the first overtly political song we’ve written”[11]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic85/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[13]
The A.V. ClubC+[14]
Clash8/10[15]
DIY[16]
The Guardian[17]
The Line of Best Fit10/10[18]
musicOMH[19]
NME[20]
Pitchfork8.0/10[1]
The Skinny[21]

Track listing

All music by Grian Chatten, Tom Coll, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan III and Carlos O'Connell. All lyrics by Grian Chatten, except "Big Shot", lyrics by Carlos O'Connell.

Skinty Fia track listing
No.TitleLength
1."In ár gCroíthe go deo"5:59
2."Big Shot"4:13
3."How Cold Love Is"3:24
4."Jackie Down the Line"4:01
5."Bloomsday"4:30
6."Roman Holiday"4:28
7."The Couple Across the Way"3:56
8."Skinty Fia"3:55
9."I Love You"5:05
10."Nabokov"5:21
Total length:44:52
Japanese edition bonus track[22]
No.TitleLength
11."I Love You" (Live at Alexandra Palace)4:52
Total length:49:52

Personnel

Fontaines D.C.

  • Grian Chatten – vocals, accordion, 12-string acoustic guitar, tambourine
  • Carlos O'Connell – guitar, art direction
  • Conor Curley – guitar
  • Tom Coll – drums, percussion
  • Conor Deegan III – bass guitar

Additional personnel

Charts

References
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