A new ‘Favourite’ from Fontaines - A review
It’s not often that I hear something recently released for the first time and think to myself, wow. But this is a major exception, I first came across Fontaines D.C in about late 2022/early 2023 upon the release of ‘Skinty Fia’ in 2022 with its leading single ‘I Love You’
Now, in the lead-up to their 4th album, titled ‘Romance’ they have released 2 singles so far, ‘Starburster’ and the subject of this article, ‘Favourite.’ It was released on the 18th of June 2024 and has had a very good reception both critically and commercially so far and will hopefully assure sales/streams for ‘Romance’ when it is released on the 23rd of August 2024.
The song has a tempo of 128 BPM and starts with an upbeat sounding E-C#m-A chord progression that continues throughout the song. The chorus is an A-G#m-E progression instead of the original one and the interlude is a G#m-A chord progression which goes 4 times.
The song also has very upbeat lyrics throughout the verses, starting with: “Did you know, I could claim the dreamer from the dream?” He seems to be saying to this person that he can basically change her life and “show you things you’ve never ever seen.” And then goes on to say: “You were my favourite for a long time.” Showing that this is a love song for a person as well as just a general upbeat song.
Verdict: I think this is an amazing summer-sounding song that will be one of the best sellers on the album. I also think that it is a very good driving-based song due to how it sounds and replicates the sound of driving in the summer, somewhere remote even, which is a sound that we don’t hear too often within modern music, so it’s good that they have been able to do it.
It’s not often that I hear something recently released for the first time and think to myself, wow. But this is a major exception, I first came across Fontaines D.C in about late 2022/early 2023 upon the release of ‘Skinty Fia’ in 2022 with its leading single ‘I Love You’
Now, in the lead-up to their 4th album, titled ‘Romance’ they have released 2 singles so far, ‘Starburster’ and the subject of this article, ‘Favourite.’ It was released on the 18th of June 2024 and has had a very good reception both critically and commercially so far and will hopefully assure sales/streams for ‘Romance’ when it is released on the 23rd of August 2024.
The song has a tempo of 128 BPM and starts with an upbeat sounding E-C#m-A chord progression that continues throughout the song. The chorus is an A-G#m-E progression instead of the original one and the interlude is a G#m-A chord progression which goes 4 times.
The song also has very upbeat lyrics throughout the verses, starting with: “Did you know, I could claim the dreamer from the dream?” He seems to be saying to this person that he can basically change her life and “show you things you’ve never ever seen.” And then goes on to say: “You were my favourite for a long time.” Showing that this is a love song for a person as well as just a general upbeat song.
Verdict: I think this is an amazing summer-sounding song that will be one of the best sellers on the album. I also think that it is a very good driving-based song due to how it sounds and replicates the sound of driving in the summer, somewhere remote even, which is a sound that we don’t hear too often within modern music, so it’s good that they have been able to do it.