Favourite
Fontaines D.C.
"Favourite" is Fontaines D.C. in a mode that surprised some listeners who had categorized them strictly as post-punk provocateurs — tender, vulnerable, almost unguardedly romantic. The guitars shimmer rather than cut, the production carrying traces of dream-pop and the kind of melodic sweep associated with certain strands of shoegaze. Chatten's voice is at its most undefended here, the Dublin accent softening slightly as the delivery becomes more nakedly earnest. The song is about devotion — the specific, irrational, particularizing experience of finding one person irreplaceable — and it refuses to treat that experience ironically, which in certain critical climates requires its own form of courage. There's a yearning quality to the arrangement that keeps building without quite resolving, held in a state of productive longing. It's worth noting that "Romance" as an album title was a kind of statement of intent, and "Favourite" delivers most fully on that intent — reminding listeners that the band's ferocity was never the whole story, just the most visible surface. You'd put this on late at night, in the specific warmth of being near someone you're certain about, or in the specific ache of wanting to be.
medium
2020s
shimmering, lush, tender
Irish post-punk, shoegaze influence
Indie Rock, Dream Pop. Post-Punk Dream Pop. romantic, yearning. Begins in tender vulnerability and builds through unresolved longing, held suspended in devotion without arriving at resolution.. energy 4. medium. danceability 3. valence 7. vocals: earnest male, unguarded, soft Dublin accent, nakedly sincere. production: shimmering guitars, dream-pop atmosphere, melodic sweep, layered. texture: shimmering, lush, tender. acousticness 3. era: 2020s. Irish post-punk, shoegaze influence. Late at night, close to someone you're certain about, or in the ache of wanting to be.