FONTAINES D.C LISTENING PARTY

We're hosting a special album listening party for the new Fontaines D.C. album a whole week before it's release.

What to expect

We'll play the new album in full from 9:30pm – then we're gonna dive into some classics! Attendees will get the chance to pick up tote bags, zines, stickers, postcards and posters. For avoidance of doubt, Fontaines D.C. will not be in attendance.

Fontaines D.C. announce their fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, released on 16th October via XL Recordings. Produced by James Ford, it is the follow-up to 2024's UK platinum-certified Romance – and the sound of a band moving decisively away from the guitar language of their early records into something colder, stranger and more synthetic. It arrives today alongside lead single "Marianne" and its accompanying video, directed by Dave Meyers.

Dopamine Chamber arrives like a constellation behind undulating sighs of smog: potent balladry, anthemic melodies glinting through the murk. In a world tipping towards collapse, it asks how pleasure mutates amid peril—and what our pursuit of it reveals about us. Across the album, Fontaines D.C. – Grian Chatten, Carlos O'Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll – move between gratification and dread until the two meld together, reflecting the overwhelm of artificial intelligence, environmental collapse and political violence all riding the same algorithms as memes, jokes and celebrity culture. "The album itself is a dopamine chamber," says Chatten. "You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you."

Please note: Bacchus is an 18+ venue, so please bring photo ID or you won't be able to get in! Doors 9:00pm with the album playback starting at 9:30pm.

This is an in-person event. Promo items are to be collected at Bacchus – we cannot provide these for customers who do not attend.