Skinty Fia

Skinty Fia
Studio album by
Fontaines D.C.
Released22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)
Recorded2021
Genre
Length44:52
LabelPartisan
ProducerDan Carey
Fontaines D.C. chronology
A Hero's Death
(2020) 		Skinty Fia
(2022) 		Romance
(2024)
Singles from Skinty Fia
  1. "Jackie Down the Line"
    Released: 12 January 2022
  2. "I Love You"
    Released: 17 February 2022
  3. "Skinty Fia"
    Released: 21 March 2022
  4. "Roman Holiday"
    Released: 19 April 2022

Skinty Fia is the third studio album by Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. It was released on 22 April 2022 via Partisan Records. Like the band's two previous albums – 2019's Dogrel and 2020's A Hero's Death – Skinty Fia was produced by Dan Carey.[2] Its title refers to an old Irish saying that drummer Tom Coll's great-aunt used to say; the phrase "Skinty Fia" translates to "the damnation of the deer". Both the title and the cover art allude to the extinct Irish elk, also known as the "giant deer".[3][4]

Skinty Fia became the band's first number-one album in both Ireland and the UK.[5][6] It reached number two in the Netherlands, and also placed in the top 10 of Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland.

The album garnered the band a win for the Brit Award for International Group at the 2023 Brit Awards and a nomination for Album of the Year at the Choice Music Prize for the year 2022.[7][8]

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  2. ^ "Fontaines D.C. Announce New Album 'Skinty Fia' Alongside Brand New Track". Milky. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. ^ Ehrlich, Brenna (11 January 2022). "Fontaines D.C. – Fontaines D.C. on the Mutated Irishness of Their New Record 'Skinty Fia'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. ^ Leas, Ryan (11 January 2022). "Fontaines D.C. – "Jackie Down The Line"". Stereogum. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Discography Fontaines D.C." irish-charts.com. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Fontaines DC | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Wet Leg, Fontaines DC land nominations at BRIT Awards 2023". live4ever. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. ^ "RTÉ Choice Prize Irish Album of the Year shortlist announced – featuring CMAT, Fontaines D.C., Pillow Queens and more". Hot Press. Retrieved 16 January 2023.