Ace facery and super slinky 60s informed pop sass assured, DC Fontana hit The Dublin Castle Thursday 10th Nov. Following the success of the Midlands based octet’s summer EP Meshkalina (wonderfully mutating South American psych act Traffic Sound’s classic into dancefloor soul) DC Fontana return with a new album of (all but one) songs sung in French and Italian!

Quelle fromage! Shaddupa Ya Face! And we thought Europe was in turmoil. This can only be the cultural upturn we need so bad…

Word has it that the French and Italians, who already have taken DC Fontana to their collective and stylish bosoms, are fanatical about this hot and sultry side to the band’s repertoire. And how often do Brits attempt to record in foreign languages anyway? Will Scouting For Girls new opus be performed in Russian? No, it wont…so , you gotta admire DCF’s oh so prominent cajones…

‘La Contessa’ is said LP, “Aural cuisine” is what DC Fontana call their style. “We love taking disparate ingredients and feeding them into the soup!
There are no boundaries, no hang-ups or hoodoos for us…. it’s lovely to write and record in a number of different directions and we’ve always felt the freshness and inspiration that can be drawn from having a consciously eclectic open mind.”

Donald Ross Skinner’s production ( Julian Cope fame) is to die for. Christan Badzura contributes some amazing string arrangements, performed by The Liverpool Session Orchestra, old acid folkies Brandywine Bridge add a dash of Gryphon/Circulus medieval cheer to the proceedings whilst Indian musicians from Birmingham (including the world renowned Surinder Sandhu) bring some exotic Asiatic flavours to the table.

Utterly well played and sung, unpredictable and as good as the music that inspired them. DC Fontana are forever moving forwards….

Purchase tickets here…

How DC Fontana interpreted the supercool 60s jazz soul slow burner ‘Snake Charmer’ by Brian Auger, Julie Driscol And The Trinity..