Fontaines D.C.
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Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. is a dual-guitar ensemble featuring Carlos O\\u2019Connell and Conor Curley. At first, the duo used similar guitars, amps, and settings in an effort to work as a symbiotic saw buzzing their way through songs. The indistinguishable incisions lacerated their earliest work with angsty piss and vinegar. But as the quintet\\u2019s musicianship has evolved, they\\u2019ve embraced wider influences, adding different knives to their collection of cutlery. And more specifically, they\\u2019ve learned when to slice, when to dice, and how to work off each other.
\\u201cI think we\\u2019re trying to be more patient and more conscious of the texture,\\u201d Curley told PG in 2022, describing how he and O\\u2019Connell have worked together to refine their sound. \\u201cThe first album was very much in a fighting mode,\\u201d he continues, \\u201cwith the two guitars EQ\\u2019d the same and just smashing off each other. On the second one, we learned to play together a little better. We\\u2019re still working on it, and sometimes we still try to become as one almost, when the song needs it, but I think now we\\u2019ve learned to fit in with how we\\u2019re EQing everything. It feels really good.\\u201d
Ahead of their opening slot priming crowds for the Arctic Monkeys, O\\u2019Connell and Curley invited PG\\u2019s Chris Kies onstage at the Ascend Amphitheater in downtown Nashville. Carlos covered his favored Fender solidbodies, while Conor showed off his eclectic hollowbodies, and they both walked through their respective pedalboards.
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