Grian's real name is Charles. Their second record, 2020s A Heros Death, written mostly on tour, won the band rave reviews including from Rolling Stone and a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album. I think the song was influenced by addiction, which is something that runs in a lot of families. He moved to Ireland at the grand old age of one month and if someone said that meant he wasnt truly of the Emerald Isle, Chatten would be broken. [16], In May 2018, Fontaines played an in-studio at KEXP in Seattle. That was in the summer right? Still, Chatten says the band - himself, Conor Deegan III, Conor Curley, Carlos O'Connell and Tom Coll - felt shackled by its success. Not that it cant survive fine without me, but I feel like Ive taken all this crap from it creatively, and then Ive just left. Its still not part of the law, its only been written into the constitution so theres still a process, but I think that engaged everyone, all the youth in Ireland politically. They were the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on 1 May 2019, performing "Boys in the Better Land". PPL Award for Most Played New Independent Artist, Carlos O'Connell guitar, backing vocals, Conor Curley guitar, piano, backing vocals, Conor Deegan III bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals, Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 06:24. This wasnt the Seventies or anything like that. It was just one of those things, he says. If a band has a good message on paper but is too fashionable, too concerned with fashion, its just very difficult for me to listen to them because I cant take them seriously. RELATIONSHIP DETAILS BELOW He was previously part of another YouTube channel called CraftedMovie before deciding to go solo in 2014. The idea of becoming a citizen poet acquired this kind of glamour that we didnt have an equivalent of in this country. I was in my flat, upset at 6.00am, raging against the rest of the world and feeling like a freak because I couldnt sleep. A sleep therapist advised him to decide on a time to wake up every day and stick to it, regardless of when he went to bed. His family and relationship history, Who is Ovidio Guzmans wife? [12][non-primary source needed][13][non-primary source needed], Coll and Deegan hail from Castlebar in County Mayo, while Curley is from Emyvale in County Monaghan, and O'Connell grew up in Madrid, Spain. The more culture we see, the more books we read, and the more views that we get to see will help us. The only other time the Dublin outfit had been here was for a KEXP live session in Seattle, but last month they played to an American crowd for the very first time in their young, but burgeoning musical career. To hear Irish men, even in their 20s, talk in such terms is a "Not in Kansas" moment and one of the most quietly striking and encouraging aspects of the documentary. Simone Lee was held captive in her home in Limerick by her former friend Christopher Stokes, who mercilessly beat her, placed bin liner over her head, and also poured boiling water over her before setting the apartment on fire on May 11, 2021. We got to talking about what makes the Fontaines tick, Seattle rain, Irish poetry, and love. I think Ill be a changed man in a few ways. She was an old woman, she was called Margaret Keane. An example I was thinking of was how the Rolling Stones brought the blues and a lot of music rooted in black culture, American culture, back to America when the whole British Invasion happened. He created his channel in 2015, and within a year, Grian had gained 1 million subscribers. Were all experiencing the same flux. I feel like the first time I fell in love was with a girl from a different country. His lyrics feel distinctly personal, but not conceited. They put those words on her gravestone, but the church of England ruled it was at risk of being perceived as a political slogan, so they refused to allow it. Grian, when did you first hear Johns poetry?Grian: I was probably 16 or 17, Carlos [OConnell, guitarist] from the band showed me your appearance on a late-night chat show in the 80s. But what we did have instead was the music hall. There's an 'unsubscribe' button at the bottom of every email we send out. Everything he puts out into the world is thoroughly honest and from the heart. It just made sense. I think the people of Ireland need to look back into the past of Ireland with not reverence, but more understanding and more awareness and not reject it as something that belongs to an old and out of fashion generation because I think in the past lies the answer to the future for Ireland. Like I dont think I know myself as well as my friends. Chart History: Heatseekers Albums", "Fontaines DC's label boss on the band's big chart result", "British certifications Fontaines D.C.", "Charts analysis: Fontaines DC debut at summit with Skinty Fia", "18 June 2021 24 June 2021 Scottish Singles Archive", "Record Store Day Special Release: Live at Kilmainham Gaol", "ARIA Top 20 Vinyl Albums Chart 21 June 2021", "Fontaines D.C. Live At Kilmainham Gaol dutchcharts.nl", "19 June 2020 25 June 2020 Scottish Singles Archive", "Fontaines D.C. I got hold of your stuff last night and I like your style, the overcoat, the look, the voice, these are all the ingredients to make great records. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Put it this way, we had our own coroner! Im typically a quite reserved, shy person. "A Hero's Death" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop Top 50, but charted as an extra tip on the Flanders Ultratop Bubbling Under chart. Announce New Album Skinty Fia and Tour, Share Video for New Song: Watch", "Carlos O'Connell to miss Fontaines D.C. gigs as he awaits birth of first child", "19 April 2019 25 April 2019 Scottish Singles Archive", "07 August 2020 13 August 2020 Scottish Singles Archive", "29 April 2022 5 May 2022 Scottish Singles Archive", "Fontaines DC: full Official Chart history", "Fontaines D.C. The Couple Across the Way I was basically too bollocksed all the time and the idea of a bed started to scare me more and more, he says. I used to listen to his readings of Dubliners. Grian and his wife had planned to travel a lot before getting married, but the coronavirus pandemic forced them to postpone those plans. See more at: https://www.rte.ie/culture/GRIAN CHATTEN - THURSDAY APRIL 23RD / RT ONE Hailing from Skerries in North Dublin, Grian Chatten is the lead singer. Thats what that song was. They were supposed to perform at the Glastonbury Festival in 2020;[33] This was going to be the festival's 50th anniversary but it had to be cancelled due to the increasing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fontaines D.C.'s force-of-nature punk-poet frontman sounds light . He explained how the track In ar gCroithe go deo, which means: In our hearts forever was about the story of Margaret Keane, an Irishwoman who moved to Coventry. For the first time ever, I was enthusiastic about something and became good at it. Absolutely. They received a Grammy Award nomination for the 2020 follow-up, A Heros Death. Im sure I want to prove something to my mom and my da. That song is me saying I love Ireland and I always will. Amid all the seething political ire and raw emoting on the record, however, the overriding feeling is one of hope. It was like a Rear Window kind of setup at the back. Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan, Grian Chatten, and Tom Coll met while attending music college at BIMM in The Liberties, Dublin. I was living in a flat with my girlfriend [and] there was a couple across the way. [7][14] Deegan is regularly seen wearing Mayo GAA clothing during live performances. It made the album a little bit more Irish because we coveted that which made us different., Despite that, Chatten likes living in London. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Underneath all the sunshine that it tends to have, when it rains its its true form. Hed be able to explain it a lot better, but what it means to me is I think of Carlos as someone who battles sort of gloriously with his ego, which is being stroked and mutated over the last few years because were in a relatively sort of successful band. Funnily enough Im one of the only people that actually sings in an Irish accent from Ireland there. Has it been run dry for me? It feels more like an ex-lover at this point, but I think thats because weve consumed it, processed it, and then put it back out into the world creatively because weve written all these songs, weve made this album, the album is finished. Its interesting for me to dissect what that song means, because I think what it means is, [Im] saying goodbye to Dublin, without realizing it. ""[30], In 2019, the band extensively toured fifty cities throughout Ireland, Europe, and North America. There is Irish hip-hop. Does it stem from personal experiences as well? "Too Real" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the UK Physical Singles Chart Top 100. Recently I was in a pub with my da in my hometown and a fella came up to us outside the bar, outside the jacks (Irish slang for toilet) and he just turned around to us and he said Hey fellas do you need any advice? Photos: Emma Swann, Paul Wolfgang Webster, Pip. Its like the most normal title ever. Grian started playing Minecraft after his best friend introduced him to the game. Grian: I didnt like poetry at school, we didnt have a member of the education system to make it feel like it could be ours, we just had a woman whose voice was so dull that she rendered all the poems blank pages. Better late than never. They formed at college in Dublin in 2017 and released their raucous debut album, Dogrel two years later. We read this when we went back to Ireland for the start of the pandemic. Theres a great sadness to that.. Theres a kind of great sadness to that. She was an Irish-speaking person, like strictly Irish-speaking, exclusively Irish-speaking person. I Love You Am I becoming desensitized toward it? Lockdown forced him to face his problem. For both of them, language is a living thing that constantly evolves, something to be heard, not read. "" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. It still considers people from Ireland something not to be trusted and threatening. [1][2][3] The band consists of Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O'Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan III (bass), and Tom Coll (drums). But it depends on how much culture well see on the road because if we dont see too much culture then we just come back often frustrated and overworked. What kind of narratives do the Irish working class talk about? Ive moved from that country. Grian Wikipedia: He is a cat lover and owns two beautiful cats: Maui and Pearl. It scared the hell out of me, but I became interested in the work of Edgar Allan Poe. It would hurt me a lot because I draw so much from it, he says over Zoom from his flat in Kentish Town, north London. Its a celebration of that flipping, from it being a bad thing into a positive thing. The tap is always half on. Its the only song in the album whose lyrics I didnt write. [40] Toronto's Spill Magazine praised Skinty Fia as "an important album, perhaps the most important album of the year", hailing it as a strong contender for 2022 album of the year. When Fontaines D.C. first formed, Chatten had a rather humble notion of future success he and his bandmates would emerge with their love of music and creativity intact. I think she was an Irish woman who moved to Coventry. Please try again. It saved him from himself. She has been amazing to me and deserves the best.. [18][19] In November 2018, the band signed with Partisan Records. Every day Id kind of find a room of space on my own and just spend like an hour just listening to that. Yeah basically, its a working class poetry. These are very American things, very much relics of American culture. Roman Holiday I think he just felt kind of consumed by the spirit of [Nabokovs] writing and wanted to relay that musically. Kind of hang his head and collect himself and then turn around and go back in. [2][7] They bonded over a common love of poetry[8] and collectively released two collections of poetry, one called Vroom, inspired by the Beat poets (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg) and another called Winding, inspired by Irish poets (Patrick Kavanagh, James Joyce, W. B. Yeats). Wed just sit there and the sound of the bell signalling the next class was the most poetic thing we heard all day. Im now living in a country that is responsible for a lot of the chaos in the country that Im from, that still kind of looks down on that country. Grian: Ive got about four songs which are essentially just lists of lines Ive written on a night out or something when Ive had a few pints. On 12th October 2020, he posted a photo of the ceremony alongside the caption: I like to keep my private life as private as possible, but sometimes you have to make a point of sharing your best moments. Lo and behold, it turned out to be another song about Ireland, he says. Three albums later, the parameters have changed. The reason I use the word embrace, trying to talk about this, is because in a sense, especially when you surround yourselves or almost insulate yourself with people who are from the same area as you in a new country most of my friends here are from Dublin as well the effect is that you begin to look for it or love it. Did it rain when you guys were in Seattle for KEXP? I think Yeats is a lot more heart on the sleeve, hes a bleeding heart. I did have a job punching out registration plates that drove me fucking crazy. It allows me to express myself fully. I never got sick of his work. He then explained to his followers that the secret to gaining those followers was being committed to YouTube and loving what he does. Get the best of DIY to your inbox each week. But the singer was born in Barrow-In-Furness in the north of England. 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So I learned about 15 poems and managed to build the book. The first single, the sinister Jackie Down the Line, is out now and, below, Chatten breaks down every track of the upcoming evolution of Fontaines D.C. In r gCrothe go deo Better late than never. Am I really being influenced by that anymore? He thinks a lot about a lot of things, and when youre talking to him you see his thought process in the way he articulates his words and writes songs. I think one of the main reasons I dont think of it as that anymore is because of people like John. Grian is not yet married but in the recent Instagram post, he has disclosed his decision to convert his dating life into a marital relationship. Its about his struggle to divine or delineate the real from the superficial and the material. Kojaque is really good. Chatten is the frontman of the Irish post-punk band Fontaines D.C., recently described by NME as "the new heroes of the rock resurrection." The members of the group met while attending music college in Dublin and initially bonded over a shared love for Irish . A Hero's Death was later nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards. I like when something really great is said in conversation and then never said again. But Joyces brain is as powerful as Yeats heart. I think he actually cries at the end of the story A Painful Case. You can hear him actually cry. Bringing the pair together over a scratchy three-way phone line today, they trade . He was a modern guy, a city dweller, a bit louche, something to aspire to! Im done!. T&Cs apply, Words by Mr Niall Doherty | Photography by Filmawi, The worst thing anyone could say to Mr Grian Chatten is that hes not really Irish. Coming of age in Canadian rave culture, Debby Friday is making darkly industrial music with emotion at its core. Little is known about his family and early life except that he has a sister. I think its him crying in real life because I dont think it makes any sense as a dramatic decision on his part as an actor. All these famous music hall guys were the superstars of their day and they specialised in monologues which blue collar people would pay cash money to witness. I have this kind of strange feeling of guilt toward my leaving of Ireland. Its like if you have a sibling and one of the siblings is into art and the other sibling is into business, I think being in such close proximity with such differences, you become more aware of your differences, so in that sense youre inadvertently teaching each other things about yourselves. Like what kind of stories do you connect with in pub poetry? According to Chatten, Skinty Fia (titled after an old Irish swear meaning the damnation of the deer; see below for more on that) started coming together when members of the band were back in Dublin during the pandemic. Your subscription could not be saved. You tell all these stories about eccentric Irish characters and people you meet in pubs. Shop now, EIP exclusive: free global shipping and same-day delivery. Thats that mutation. At some point, you try to wear it as a badge of honour.. I think if you write about yourself you sound like a narcissist, he says, but if you write about yourself without meaning to, then youre really writing about other people., Many of the tracks on Skinty Fia were informed by the bands relocation to London and questions about home and belonging hang over the whole album. I think that the way people talk to each other here is vastly different than the way they talk to each other in Ireland, like people are a lot more content to be rude in a healthy way I think so far. The reason I wont let go of my accent is that so many people have told me its part of my charm and, for me, the customer is always right!Grian: When we played in Boston, because of the amount of reverence they have for Irish people there, I subconsciously ramped up my Irishness by about 20 percent. Learn more about our Privacy Policy here. Shop now, Spend to save up to 25% off new-season items with code SPENDTOSAVE. Of course the only American city any rock band can test their skills in has to be New York and the only venue they can really make a splash in has to be Union Pool. Ireland is like that. Its like a physical manifestation or physical metaphor for empathy. In June 2020, Grian updated his fans about the upcoming nuptials via Instagram. Im saying goodbye to Dublin. In New York when it rains and you see puddles, you see the gasoline and iridescent colors. I can relate it to something thats homely, and at the same time I can really feel the city and the ship-building town of Barrow. John Cooper Clarke: If I might start this off, Im a late convert to your work, Grian! There used to be a guy called Moondog, a street singer with a long white beard, he did a book called 100 First Lines. He wrote the song I Love You for Ireland, saying: Ive moved from that country. Stay in the loop with the latest style news and get an exclusive 10% off when you subscribe to our emails. Registered in England No. You guys bonded over poetry. I used to work on receipt paper. When Chatten was working on Fontaines D.C.s excellent third album, Skinty Fia, out in April, he sat down to write a romantic song called I Love You, but something else came out. Ill tell you when a poems dead: when its in a book. Interview by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here. Please, A fresh breath: Chatten says the bands second album is like the exhalation after Dogrels inhalation. We take a look at some of Damon and co.s most iconic pair-ups, Lynks waxes lyrical on their current faves ahead of our Now and Next tour. He thinks a lot about a lot of things, and when you're talking to him you see his thought process in the way he articulates his words and writes songs. Stories play a big role in your songwriting. Grian thinks a lot. Are you optimistic about Dublins future? In May 2020, he helped raise money for a food drive in South Africa. The sound of a printing machine has this really sexy syncopated shuffle beat thats really helpful in the composition of poetry. Like mad oily, contaminated clouds. Its an exaggeration of a compromise thats necessary to a functioning relationship, to the point where it sounds pathetic. Do either of you find inspiration from the working day?John: The monotony of machinery is a big help. I like when people expand on society and pretend that they know everything about society as well because peoples opinions become so absolute after a few pints and I like engaging in that. Anything I say now can be romanticized, but I dont want to live in an unromantic world. Thats a classic example of coming over to a different culture and telling that culture something about themselves I think as well. The band released the title track on 5 May 2020; the music video features actor Aidan Gillen. As an Irishman living in London, Grian Chatten deals with a lot of bullshit. "Fontaines D.C. Live at Kilmainham Gaol" did not enter the Dutch Albums Chart, but peaked at number 16 on the Dutch Vinyl Albums Chart. Im very sad about whats going on over there. Something that I can lie down beside all the books and poems Ive read and all that kind of world, because thats the world I want to live in. There are two sources of his feelings of alienation: Chatten getting engaged to his longtime girlfriend in August 2019, and the success of Fontaines D.C.'s debut album, Dogrels.He explained to Stereogram: "I was stepping into a really serious relationship for the first time in my life, and there was that fear . "[28] The Guardian gave the album a five-star review, hailing it as a "perfect debut", and commending Chatten for embracing the Dublin accent. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. My moms British and I was born in England and I moved over [to Ireland] when I was like two months old, and my dads Irish so its like Im made up of two halves. Like everyone, Covid has forced Chatten to spend an inordinate amount of time at home over the past 21 months. Out of the fear of God people are more polite. I just wanted to kind of put myself in that position, in that song, to express how it feels to no longer have absolute independence and autonomy over your life, when you decide that you are in love and you want to share your life with someone. "Televised Mind" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 59 on the UK Singles Sales Chart Top 100. [38] Three further singles were released from the album: "I Don't Belong", "Televised Mind" and "A Lucid Dream". I am so lucky to have her in my life and I cant wait to be a husband and start a family with her,Grian wrote on the caption. He had a glass eye, walked with a bit of a limp, a rugged outdoor type, but he also had this other side to his personality. Nabokov Now, were sort of like, if we just keep going and we dont fuck it up, maybe I could raise my kid on this. He says this rise in expectations doesnt interfere with his writing. Im gonna have to get a refund from that elocution course I went on. 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