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Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber | Official Album Listening Event & Party | Thu 8th Oct | 5pm
Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber | Official Album Listening Event & Party | Thu 8th Oct | 5pm
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Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber | Official Album Listening Event & Party| Thursday 8th Otcober 2026 | from 5pm
Album playing in full at 6pm sharp, arrive early for a seat! Coffee machine will be on and the bar will be open. DJ playing from 5pm and stick around after as we celebrate the album with some of our regulars and if you fancy playing a few tunes yourself, there'll be a few Open Decks slots to book too.
Pre order of the album guarantees entry, no purchase necessary but free ticket advised. Please consider buying an album to support the band & independent record shops if you can
There will also be special take home exclusive giveaway items (whilst stocks last):
· Tote Bag, 20-page Zine, Die-cut Sticker, Postcard Set, A2 Poster
If you need your copy of the album shipping to you on the week of release, please select the relevant option at the checkout.
If you have any accessibility requirements, please email adam.thevinylwhistle@gmail.com
Fontaines D.C. - Dopamine Chamber
PRE ORDER - Album - Release Date: 16/10/26
Genre: Alternative
Fontaines D.C. announce their fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, released on 16th October via XL Recordings. Produced by James Ford, it is the follow-up to 2024’s UK platinum-certified Romance – and the sound of a band moving decisively away from the guitar language of their early records into something colder, stranger and more synthetic. It arrives today alongside lead single “Marianne” and its accompanying video, directed by Dave Meyers.
Dopamine Chamber arrives like a constellation behind undulating sighs of smog: potent balladry, anthemic melodies glinting through the murk. In a world tipping towards collapse, it asks how pleasure mutates amid peril—and what our pursuit of it reveals about us. Across the album, Fontaines D.C. – Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll – move between gratification and dread until the two meld together, reflecting the overwhelm of artificial intelligence, environmental collapse and political violence all riding the same algorithms as memes, jokes and celebrity culture. “The album itself is a dopamine chamber,” says Chatten. “You step inside and we test these different mind- or mood-altering pieces of music on you.”
Free entry option limited to 4 per person.
Shipping
Shipping
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Return policy
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Instore - Tickets & Events
Instore - Tickets & Events
If you have purchased a pre-order as entry to one of our instore gigs, you will be able to collect the vinyl or CD on the day of the event and get it signed by the performer or band.
We won't be printing tickets for this, please use your email order confirmation for entry.
