The gender-swap’s effect: “A lot of people think gay history sort of begins in the ’70s, but of course gay people have always been there, living complicated and secret, compartmentalized lives.

Grian Chatten, the lead singer for Fontaines D.C., is branching out on his own with solo debut album Chaos For The Fly, set for release on the last day of June.

Grian Chatten, lead singer for Fontaines D.C., is set to release a solo debut album Chaos For The Fly, on June 30. Chatten has shared a few singles from the album already, notably “The Score ...

Early last year, Chatten says: “it felt to me that we were speeding off the edge of a cliff.” They had just ended a tour in Japan, had made a bit of money and were asking each other what to do ...

Chatten has said the songs on Chaos for the Fly were influenced by walking along a rough stretch of beach close to his family home in Skerries, in north Co Dublin.