Fontaines D.C.’s vocalist Grian Chatten made his debut solo look on Later…With Jools Holland final night time (June 17) – take a look at footage beneath.
Chatten launched his first solo single ‘The Rating’ in April and took to Jools Holland on Saturday night time to carry out follow-up observe ‘Fairlies’.
“I wrote ‘Fairlies’ in intense warmth,” Chatten defined on the time. “Partly in Jerez, Spain, partly in LA a few days earlier than a Fontaines D.C. tour kicked off. It was a fast write, and I imagine I celebrated every line with a beer.”
Watch Chatten carry out the folksy observe on Jools Holland beneath:
Chatten is about to launch his debut solo album ‘Chaos For The Fly’ on June 30. The album is co-produced by Dan Carey, who has helmed all three of Fontaines D.C.’s albums thus far.
Talking about his determination to pursue a solo challenge, Chatten mentioned: “I used to be strolling alongside Stoney Seashore at night time and it got here to me on the waves. I simply stood there and checked out them and I heard the entire fucking factor. Each a part of it, from the chord progressions to the string preparations.”
“I simply thought, ‘I need to do that myself’,” he added. “I do know the place we as a band are going subsequent and that’s not the place I need to go along with this. I’ve acquired a few exaggerated points of my soul that I needed to specific.”
“The remainder of the band are all artistic and songwriters in their very own proper too,” Chatten mentioned. “I didn’t need to go to them and be like, ‘No, each single factor needs to be like this.’ I didn’t need to compromise with these songs in that manner.”
In August, Fontaines D.C. will head out on the highway to assist Arctic Monkeys on their 2023 North American tour. In accordance with guitarist Carlos O’Connell, the band are planning to “return into the mindset of writing” after that run of exhibits.
