Fontaines D.C. "Dogrel" americana Andrew and Ben experimented with

Andrew and Ben experimented with various in-studio writing processes

wondrous strings reminiscent of Curtis Mayfield and Bernard Herrmann orchestrations abound

The album is full of songs wiser and more nuanced than John should have been able to produce according to natural law

" (book/album) this album is finally given proper treatment on physical format

Haden and Jaffee had appeared as guest musicians on the band's previous studio album

Fontaines D.C. "Dogrel" americana Andrew and Ben experimented withDogrel speaks to the place of Fontaines D. C. in a broader Irish cultural lineage: the bloodline that is more Behan than Bono, evoking poets such as Kavanagh and Lynott, Chevron and MacGowan and yes, even Joyce in the expression of the universal and profoundly human experience through the prism of the local, the familiar, the real. As Lou Reed did with New York, or Ray Davies with London, or indeed The Smiths with Manchester. It's a through line that