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GRIAN CHATTEN

Chaos For The Fly

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8/10

OVER the course of three increasingly accomplished albums with Fontaines DC, Grian Chatten has emerged as one of the more distinctive vocalists of his generation. His voice has been described as a “blunt instrument”, and the way Chatten powerfully wraps his strong Irish accent around Fontaines’ muscular music is arresting and uplifting. But on , his debut solo record, Chatten is a different man, adopting a more restrained vocal approach as he delivers intense lyrics about betrayal, pain, jealousy and

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