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Shop Fontaines D.C. vinyl today and turn up the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fontaines-d-c-a-heros-death-black-vinyl","title":"A Hero's Death","description":"","brand":"Fontaines D.C.","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":52123788542319,"sku":"720841218210","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/7089\/3423\/files\/FONTAINES-D.C.-A-Heros-Death-Black-Vinyl.jpg?v=1752818759"},{"product_id":"fontaines-d-c-romance-vinyl-lp","title":"Romance","description":"","brand":"Fontaines D.C.","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":52085865152879,"sku":"191404143612","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/7089\/3423\/files\/FONTAINES-D.C.-Romance-Vinyl-LP.jpg?v=1752818758"},{"product_id":"fontaines-d-c-skinty-fia","title":"Skinty Fia","description":"","brand":"Fontaines D.C.","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":52085865185647,"sku":"720841301615","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/7089\/3423\/files\/skinny-fia-fontains-dc.png?v=1764738865"},{"product_id":"fontaines-dc-dogrel-lp","title":"Dogrel","description":"","brand":"Fontaines D.C.","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":52085865251183,"sku":"720841216612","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/7089\/3423\/files\/FONTAINES-D.C.-Dogrel-Vinyl-LP.png?v=1764738865"},{"product_id":"fontaines-dc-a-heros-death-limited-midnight-blue-colour-vinyl-lp","title":"A Hero's Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBarely a year after the release of their hugely acclaimed debut album 'Dogrel', which earned a Mercury Prize nomination and Album of the Year 2019 at both BBC 6Music and Rough Trade record store, Dublin's Fontaines D.C. have returned with an intensely confident, patient, and complex follow up album. 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