Fontaines D.C. have carried out their dreamy, synth-y cowl of Convey Me The Horizon‘s ‘Can You Really feel My Coronary heart’ combined in with Nirvana‘s ‘Coronary heart-Formed Field’ for triple j‘s Like A Model Sequence – test it out under.
- READ MORE: Fontaines D.C. inform us about stunning new single ‘It’s Superb To Be Younger’ and what’s subsequent
triple j has shared Fontaines D.C.’s full efficiency for its Like A Model sequence, which sees musicians performing covers of different artists’ work, albeit with their very own stylings. This time, Fontaines D.C. visited the triple j studio throughout their current Australian tour.
For his or her choose of covers, Grian Chatten and co. settled on Convey Me The Horizon’s hit tune ‘Can You Really feel My Coronary heart’ however have performed away with all guitars and strings in favour for a synth-heavy sound, leading to a dreamy, wealthy tackle the observe. Their efficiency additionally features a nod to Nirvana’s ‘Coronary heart-Formed Field’, with frontman Grian Chatten singing its opening verse and refrain to shut out their cowl.
Watch the duvet under.
Talking on their choice to cowl the beloved Convey Me The Horizon tune, the band’s Conor Curley defined: “It was Grian [Chatten]‘s thought initially. I believe the sound of that tune, the type of digital parts and simply the overall vibe displays stuff we had been referring to on our final album ‘Romance’ so it type of appeared like place to start out. And it’s a moody, stunning tune.”
As for the importance of ‘Coronary heart-Formed Field’, Curley went on to share that the Nirvana reduce is “most likely up there with one of many first songs I discovered on guitar in drop d [tuning]”. They almost swapped out their cowl of ‘Can You Really feel My Coronary heart’ for ‘Coronary heart-Formed Field’ whereas getting ready for the triple j efficiency: “Grian simply began it after we had been getting the sounds and it was nearly a factor of ‘will we change it to that?’ and use instrumentation”. Finally, they labored in bits of ‘Coronary heart-Formed Field’ into their cowl.
One other tune Fontaines D.C. thought-about overlaying for Like A Model was Crocodiles‘ ‘Groove Is In The Coronary heart/California Women’ however finally determined towards it.
The duvet comes simply days after Fontaines D.C. introduced that they’d be pressured to cancel their South American tour after frontman Grian Chatten sustained a herniated disc and requires “pressing medical consideration”.
Previous to that, they carried out in Japan – the place they debuted the brand new single ‘It’s Superb To Be Younger’ – earlier than embarking on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Later this 12 months, Fontaines D.C. will probably be returning to Europe and the UK for a run of big out of doors headline reveals and pageant appearances this summer season, together with a sold-out cease at London’s Finsbury Park on July 5, Newcastle on July 13, Cardiff Fortress on July 30, and Manchester’s Wythenshawe Park on August 15. Go to right here for tickets and extra info.
As for brand new materials, Fontaines D.C. just lately launched a brand new single ‘It’s Superb To Be Younger’, which bassist Conor ‘Deego’ Deegan III informed NME was impressed by being “within the presence of a new child baby” – the kid of guitarist O’Connell.
He additionally defined that the tune was written across the similar time as ‘Romance‘ however was merely left off the file as they wished to maintain the LP “concise”. ‘It’s Superb To Be Younger’ will probably be launched on vinyl backed by the b-side ‘Earlier than You I Simply Overlook’ later this 12 months. Go to right here to pre-order it.