FONTAINES D.C. Skinty Fia (2022 UK/EU limited edition 10-track vinyl LP, their third record in as many years. Used colloquially as an expletive, the title roughly translates from the Irish language into 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 indanger of going the way of the extinct Irish giant deer. Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed)