Fontaines D.C. topped Consequence’s 100 Best Songs of the Year (So Far) list with their single “Starburster,” the first preview of their upcoming album Romance. As fantastic as the song is, however, “romantic” might not be a term you’d apply to it. So for our latest Crate Digging, we wanted to find out how the Irish post-punks define “romance” by asking them to name 10 essential romance records.

Fontaines D.C. drummer Tom Coll and guitarist Conor Curley run us through classic romantic records by Richard Hawley, Beach House, and Jessica Pratt, as well as surprising entries like Sultans of Ping F.C. and The Amazing Snakeheads. Watch the interview above, and read our full Crate Digging feature here: http://cos.lv/7RXl50SjUPU

Fontaines D.C.’s Romance arrives August 23rd, and you can get tickets to their upcoming tour dates here: https://stubhub.prf.hn/l/1ejJvwZ

00:00 Intro
00:11 Beach House - Depression Cherry
01:08 The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads
01:57 Billy Bragg - Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
02:41 Sultans of Ping F.C. - Casual Sex in the Cineplex
03:50 Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
04:43 Headache - The Head Hurts But the Heart Knows the Truth
06:30 Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again
07:14 João Gilberto and Stan Getz - Getz/Gilberto
07:52 Jonathan Richman - I, Jonathan
08:25 The Weeknd - House of Balloons

Filmed on location at Kensaltown East Studios. Physical records courtesy of Rough Trade NYC.

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