Watch Fontaines D.C. recreate a ‘70s heist movie in ‘Roman Holiday’ video
nme.comFontaines D.C. have shared a new video for their track ‘Roman Holiday’, in which they recreate a ‘70s heist movie – scroll down the page to watch it now.The track is taken from the band’s latest album ‘Skinty Fia’, which arrived in April and topped the charts in the UK and Ireland.In the video, which was directed by Sam Taylor, Fontaines take on new monikers, including frontman Grian Chatten’s Marty “Stir” Crazy and guitarist Conor Curley’s David Leatherman.
Together, the group take a blindfolded and tied-up teddy bear named Andy – aka Randy – hostage in the boot of a car, demanding “500 thousand in unmarked euros” for his return.The visuals are “the result of attempting to challenge the monarchy and watching too much of The Rockford Files”, Taylor commented.
Watch the video below now. Last month, Fontaines met the family of the late Margaret Keane, who inspired their song ‘In ár gCroíthe go deo’.
Keane was a former dinner lady who lived in Coventry for most of her life and planned to have the Irish epitaph “In ár gCroíthe go deo” – which translates as “in our hearts forever” – engraved on her headstone.
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