FONTAINES D.C. Skinty Fia (2022 UK/EU limited edition 10-track Yellow Vinyl LP - their third record in as many years. Used colloquially as an expletive, the title roughly translates from the Irish languageinto English as “the damnation of the deer”; the spelling crassly anglicized, and its meaning diluted through generations. Part bittersweet romance, part darkly political triumph – the songs ultimately form a long-distance love letter, one that laments an increasingly privatized culture in danger of going the way of the extinct Irish giant deer. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)