David Payne is an independent composer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He specializes in writing custom music to moving images and also maintains a library of unique instrumental compositions which are available for licensing. He’s worked on projects/campaigns for Cadillac, Chevrolet, IBM, National Geographic Channel, Washington Post, Herman Miller, Delta Airlines and many others. He has also traveled the world extensivley as guitarist for the band Snowden. His favorite musicians are Radiohead & Elliott Smith. He is a a genuinely nice guy.

Skinty Fia is an Irish phrase which translates to English as “the damnation of the deer” and the album’s cover art features a deer, plucked from its natural habitat and deposited in the hallway of a home, illuminated by an artificial red glow. The Irish giant deer is an extinct species and the band’s thoughts on Irish identity are central to Skinty Fia. While Dogrel was littered with snapshots of the Dublin characters -  like the cabbie in “Boys In The Better Land” - and A Hero’s Death documented the dislocation and disconnection the band felt as they traveled the globe on tour, on Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. are addressing their Irishness from afar as they recreate new lives for themselves elsewhere. For a band whose hometown courses through their veins -  “D.C.” stands for “Dublin City” - the album finds them trying to resolve the need to broaden their horizons with the affection they still feel for the land and people they’ve left behind.

i make music. i am from maryland, thank you for listening.

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