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10.0
129497
10.0 |
musicOMH
A magnificent third album which serves as the crowning point of a career that is, excitingly, still in its infancy
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10.0
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10.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Skinty Fia is a rich, full-bodied third entry, with Fontaines DC proving they’re not only here to stay, but here to dominate
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10.0
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10.0 |
DIY
It’s heavy, but never heavy-going
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10.0
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10.0 |
Dork
‘Skinty Fia’ is made up of so many influences that it should be creaking under its own weight, yet is somehow such a unified whole that it’s hard to imagine how it could be improved
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10.0
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10.0 |
NME
On their third album, the five-piece ambitiously broaden their style, making for a breathtaking collection that’s like nothing they’ve ever done before
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9.0
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9.0 |
Gigwise
Their best to date
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9.0
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9.0 |
Uncut
It's a fantastic album, containing poppy firecrackers like “Jackie Down The Line" and moments of timeless, mature lament such as “?h? Couple Across the Way"
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9.0
129501
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Fontaines D.C. have created an epic that keeps on progressing throughout, pushing way beyond their previous boundaries
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9.0
129607
9.0 |
Spill Magazine
It is hard to believe it is their third album, as groups try for decades to write and record such a powerful album. Fontaines D.C. have succeeded and this is the mark of a truly great band, the ability to grow and develop as they have in a very short time
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8.5
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8.5 |
Under The Radar
The album fits perfectly with the mood of the times and it’s apparent that these songs were built with an honest, emotional grit
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8.4
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8.4 |
Beats Per Minute
Moody, grittily philosophic, and cautiously revealing, Skinty Fia spotlights a distinct band as they pivot toward mid-career status, mining the expressive paradoxes on which longevity is built
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Irish Times
Seems as much a final part of a trilogy as anything else
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Independent
Production on the record confidently stretches the band’s sound to fill a stadium stage, without sacrificing their compelling friction between surly grit and romantic yearning
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
On their third album, the Dublin alt-rockers trade in their punky full-pelt approach for measured, compelling insights
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8.0
129545
8.0 |
Evening Standard
If it wasn’t for Grian Chatten’s doomy vocals, this could be a different band to the one that made Dogrel
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8.0
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8.0 |
Northern Transmissions
‘Skinty Fia’ is an intense listen. One centred on authenticity and passion; rooted in the need to find and express purpose, and the quest to solidify identity
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8.0
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8.0 |
Clash
Powerful and probing, ‘Skinty Fia’ is a record that relishes tough challenges, and refuses simple answers
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8.0
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8.0 |
XS Noize
The album shows the band at a juncture, questioning their career and move to London, with the questions being answered with brooding basslines and repetitive, relentless lyrics
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Skinty Fia — both phrase and record — might hint at a grim extinction event, but by staring down the prospect of built-in obsolescence, the loss of self, Fontaines D.C. sound full of new lite. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Record Collector
The tensions that consume Fontaines – musically, personally, philosophically – continue to propel them forward: Skinty Fia is another triumph for this era’s most vital group
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8.0
129575
8.0 |
All Music
Skinty Fia may feature some of their most self-assured songwriting to date but thematically this is a band seeking reconciliation between their Irish identity and their status in the UK music scene, a relationship fraught with inherent contradictory emotions
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8.0
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8.0 |
The FT
The Dublin band, now based in London, mix anger and melancholia in a well-constructed album of lyrical depth
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8.0
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8.0 |
Pitchfork
The Irish post-punk band’s most demanding and musically adventurous album is also its most open-hearted, striking a perfect balance between tough and tender
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
With Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. deliver a brooding post-punk sensual feast with a distinctly Irish flavor. Longing, alienation, and malice simmer under the surface
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7.4
129622
7.4 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Fontaines D.C. have never sounded more at odds with themselves than here, a logical aftershock of the cultural disconnection that comes with leaving one's home for good
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7.1
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7.1 |
Spectrum Culture
On Skinty Fia, Fontaines D.C. dip their toes into several different sonic pools that lie outside their typical post-punk and gothic inspired sound
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Skinny
There's a great album in Fontaines D.C., and Skinty Fia takes them one step closer
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5.8
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5.8 |
A.V. Club
The Irish band returns with a third album of post-punk that fails to elevate its Bauhaus and Joy Division-aping tendencies
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