FONTAINES D.C. Skinty Fia (2022 UK/EU limited edition numbered 10-track Zoetrope Picture Disc 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 in danger of going the way of the extinct Irish giant deer. The picture sleeve (numbered 1318/3000) shows minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played BLOOD085)