Devotion runs through the veins ofFontaines D.C.s music.

Over brooding, cinematic synths, singer Grian Chatten proclaims, Maybe romance is a place/For me/And you.

The shift was exciting, it was unpredictable, it was even lightly nerve wracking.

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The colors are brighter, the outfit choices more bizarre.

It takes a true romantic to be a world-builder, and Fontaines D.C. have mastered the art.

The bands vocal performances serve as a storytelling tactic on their own.

But some say that it has to be choice.

The tension between love and choice brings to mind a song on the bands 2020 albumA Heros Death.

It seems like theyve known the answer all along.