Fontaines D.C. Bring Out Kurt Vile for Surprise “Roman Holiday” Performance in France

Fontaines D.C. are gradually reemerging into the spotlight, building anticipation with recent live debuts of new material and hints of a forthcoming album. On the closing night of the La Route du Rock festival in Fort-de-Saint-Père, France, the Irish band welcomed a pivotal influence behind their 2022 track “Roman Holiday” — Kurt Vile — to the stage.

In a Rolling Stone interview surrounding the release of Skinty Fia, frontman Grian Chatten explained that Vile inspired the record’s “easy listening” atmosphere, which the band conceived as a Trojan horse to draw listeners in before revealing their deeper themes. Chatten elaborated:

There’s more breathing space and a groove is established. There’s no groove on the first two records in the same way and we’re not leaning into something so much on this record. There’s more of a Trojan Horse thing of creating a mood to draw the listener in, and once we’re in then our ideology and ideas come out. But it’s easy listening first, through songs like ‘Roman Holiday’. I’d say that song was quite inspired by Kurt Vile; I saw him play in Croatia two years ago when we were playing there and I envied him. The sun was going down and he was able to stand there and chill out. We spend ten minutes before going on stage slapping each other in the face! I envy someone who can send a text to his kid, go off on stage and then just play really well.

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