Fontaines D.C. have shared a cryptic new teaser that appears to reveal the title of their fifth album as ‘Dopamine Chamber’.
The Dublin band have been giving fans tantalising glimpses into their new record in recent weeks and now they have given the strongest hint yet that the follow-up to their 2024 album ‘Romance‘ will be out before the end of the year.
Earlier today (August 16), they posted a 26-second video to their X account that shows a spinning blue planet transform into a throbbing blue iris, before the words “Dopamine Chamber” appear, followed by “2026”.
The video is soundtracked by the unreleased track ‘Six Shot Morning’, one of two songs the band debuted during their first headline show of 2026 last week in Spain, while the post is captioned “D.c.”, in reference both to their own name and the new album’s presumed title.
Check out the post here:
D.c. pic.twitter.com/RwYT9eQQpr
— Fontaines D.C. (@fontainesdublin) August 16, 2026
As well as ‘Six Shot Morning’, Fontaines debuted ‘Marianne’ at the show at the Baluarte de la Candelaria in Cádiz on August 8, and on Friday (August 14), they shared a 30-second preview of that song, which will serve as the lead single of ‘Dopamine Chamber’.
Alongside that preview, the band also unveiled a new blue logo in a post simply labelled “5”, in reference to this being their fifth studio album.
‘Dopamine Chamber’ will follow ‘Romance’, which was produced by James Ford and reached Number Two on the UK Albums Chart. It was also nominated for Best Rock Album at the Grammys and was named by NME as the second best album of 2024.
The band have spoken about working on their fifth album for some time. Talking to NME in February last year, bassist Conor Deegan III said: “It’s one of those things where we can’t stop writing – it’s something that we just do when we’re with each other.”
Guitarist Carlos O’Connell offered another update in January, telling NME: “We’ve been writing, it’s been fun. We’re at Reading & Leeds and there are a couple of shows before that. I think if the music is there, it could get busy.”
Asked about whether they might play new material at the festivals, he replied: “I’d say so. If there is stuff written, then I would say so, yeah. That’s what we used to do all the time, play the new stuff life – songs that weren’t even finished. It’s a good way to test the songs.”
Fontaines will play a few shows around Europe – in France, Switzerland and Austria – in the coming days, before topping the bill at Reading & Leeds at the end of the month. They then return home to headline Electric Picnic in Ireland on August 30.
Their return to the stage followed the death of their manager Trevor Dietz, who they described as “the sixth member of the band”. Their first performance since his passing was at the BBC’s final live session at Maida Vale earlier this month.
They released the standalone single ‘It’s Amazing To Be Young’ in February, covered Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Black Boys On Mopeds’ for War Child’s ‘Help(2)’ album, contributed to the soundtrack for Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, and last night (August 15), they were joined by Kurt Vile for ‘Roman Holiday’.
