There are no fewer than three songs from the new Fontaines D.C. album running through my head right now. “Mimesis” is my favorite. It’s the one that is now a part of my DJ sets. Someone at Underground last night mentioned that it’s her favorite on the album too. At least, I think that’s what she said. It’s hard to hear when I’m DJing. Then there’s “Tongue,” the one some people on Reddit thing is too weird to be a single, which is a completely incorrect assessment, and “Intimate,” the apocalyptic closer. Maybe I shouldn’t have listened to Dopamine Chamber so many times in a span of 24 hours, but I couldn’t help myself. I gorged on an album and now I’m paying the price with a very messy, and relentless, triple-song earworm that has followed me to yoga class and then the library on this Saturday afternoon.
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