Watch Fontaines D.C. debut woozy and aggressive new song ‘Death Kink’

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Fontaines D.C. have debuted a brand new track called ‘Death Kink’ at a recent live show. Check out footage of the moment below.The moment took place as the Irish band took to the stage at the 2024 edition of Haldern Pop Festival in Germany last Friday (August 9), and performed a huge set.During the gig, Grian Chatten and co.

broke out a run of familiar favourites, as well as new tracks taken from their highly anticipated fourth album ‘Romance’ – which is set to arrive on August 23 via XL Recordings (pre-order/pre-save here).As well as closing the show with two previously-shared singles from the upcoming James Ford-produced record: ‘Starburster’ and ‘Favourite’, the band also surprised fans by debuting an unreleased track called ‘Death Kink’.Coming in six songs into 16 song setlist, the rendition followed on from opening tracks ‘Romance’, ‘Jackie Down The Line’, ‘Televised Mind’, ‘Roman Holiday’ and ‘Big Shot’, and saw the band start with an ominous, guitar-driven intro, which builds momentum until it finds its groove.“When you came into my life, I was lost/ And you took that shine to me, at what cost?/ You recognised the smell, human pain/ Said I’d learn to love the chain,” Chatten sings, building up to the Nirvana-tinged chorus.“It was shit, shit, shit, battered/ I caved in/ My promise was clattered/ Amazing stars from the dreaming/ I made a promise and I killed it.” Check out the song below.While the song hasn’t been officially shared yet, it has been confirmed that it will appear on ‘Romance’ as the penultimate song on the 11-song tracklist.The live debut of ‘Death Kink’ also came just days after the band shared a new single called ‘Here’s The Thing’, and dropped an accompanying horror-inspired music video.According.