''Dogrel'' is the debut studio album by

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band Fontaines D.C. It was released through

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on 12 April 2019 on cassette, CD, digital download, and

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formats. The album was nominated for Album of The Year at the

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and

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in 2019.

Critical reception

Upon its release, ''Dogrel'' received universal acclaim from contemporary music critics. On review aggregator website

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, ''Dogrel'' has an average weighted rating of 86 out of 100 indicating "universal acclaim" based on 17 critics' reviews. On review aggregator website AnyDecentMusic?, the album has an average rating of 8.5 out of 10. Ben Beaumont-Thomas, writing for ''

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'', praised the lyricism of the album, stating that "this is the kind of songwriting quality that bands can take years to reach, or never reach at all: brilliant, top to bottom." Tom Connock of ''

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'' stated that "the Irish troubadours come good on a debut album that offers both a storyteller's narrative voice and a snarling new vision of youthful disillusionment." Writing for '' The Skinny'', Robin Murray praised the multitude of emotions the album evokes, saying that it "feels both overwhelming and tender, caustic and soothing, a blast of working class rage grown articulate while retaining its primal howl." Writing for ''

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'', Stuart Berman contrasted both the band and record to contemporary British post-punk outfits,

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and

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, saying that "Fontaines D.C. are fueled by neither IDLES' revolutionary fervor nor Shame's festering disgust. They're not raging against the current state of affairs as much as lamenting the local communities and culture in danger of being steamrolled by the march of modernity." He went on to comment that "their origin story is so quaint and anachronistic, it verges on flaneur cosplay, with the quintet reportedly bonding over a mutual love of Joycean poetry and pub nights spent scribbling out and reciting verses to one another. That old-school approach finds its analog in a raw, robust twin-guitar attack that's more jangly than jagged, nodding to ‘60s garage, surf, and early rock‘n’roll while projecting a confrontational fury. As such, Fontaines D.C. are very much a post-punk band reclaiming a certain pre-punk innocence." The album was nominated for the 2019

and the

Track listing

All tracks are written and performed by Fontaines D.C.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Dogrel''. Fontaines D.C. * Grian Chatten – vocals , tambourine * Carlos O'Connell – guitar , baritone guitar , piano , Buchla Music Easel , backing vocals * Conor Curley – guitar , baritone guitar , Nashville guitar ,

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, backing vocals * Tom Coll – drums , tambourine , miscellaneous percussion * Conor Deegan – bass guitar , piano , baritone guitar , surf guitar , Jupiter synth , backing vocals Additional personnel * Dan Carey – production, mixing,

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* Alexis Smith –

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* Christina Wright – mastering Artwork * Bruce Davidson – photography * Richard Dumas – photography * Matt de Jong – design

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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