Irish post-punk outfit Fontaines D.C. deliver on years of feverish hype with their debut record, Dogrel. Taking its title from an old form of working class poetry, Dogrel is lovably rough-around-the-edges, a patchwork quilt of an album which places stream-of-consciousness monologues alongside mosh-pit inducing crescendos, balancing the quintet’s ferocious energy with moments of wide-eyed melody and tender, expansive balladry. Throughout, Fontaines D.C. use a combination of the harsh and the poetic to paint a picture of the grit and romance of life in their home city, drawing on influences as lofty as James Joyce to experiences as mundane as drinking in a Dublin pub into the early hours of the morning. Authentic, raw, honest and carried by its clearly defined voice, Dogrel is a record about identity, about being proud of who you are and where you come from. With it, Fontaines D.C. have produced one of the year’s most evocative pieces of music, meticulous and rich in its love for the character of Dublin and all the little characters, places and stories which make it up.