With the arrival of midsummer comes the arrival of the latest instalment of the adventures of the Donat girls as seen through their fathers’ eyes. It is with unrestrained glee I bring you the premiere of the new single from Fir Cone Children.
Fir Cone Children is of course the musical project documenting the eventful and creative world of Berlin-based frontman Alexander Donat’s daughters, aged 9 and 11. The previous nine Fir Cone Children albums fused elements of shoegaze, punk and alt rock. All have been nothing short of life affirming, joyous escapism that has made my summer each year. Ahead of the release of album ten, entitled Jig of Glee, Donat today releases a new single called ‘Diamond Dolphins’. I asked the inimitable Mr D to give me the story behind this one.
“My daughters built an entire office in the attic of our garage playing detectives for weeks. They grabbed their scooters or bikes to investigate in our neighbourhood looking for suspicious vehicles and people, communicated through walkie-talkies, took notes, pinned them on a wall, invented exciting and adventurous stories.”
“I was totally amazed by their creativity and had them explain their ‘office’ to me when I told them I’d turn everything into a song. And, oh, the ‘spider stick’ was hilarious! Whenever a detective broke their vows or promises, they had to take a wooden stick to clean the attic from the spiderwebs as a kind of punishment. The name “Diamond Dolphins” refers to the name of their office which they called ‘Dolphin Night’.”
The track begins with a joyful whooping in line with the exuberant guitar line. As always, the lyrics fall directly from the kids mouths and straight in to Donat’s songbook. “Diamond dolphins do their job. Taking down the mob”. The punk aesthetic of the song works so well in juxtaposition with the obvious love and affection he feels for his kids and their imaginations. You really feel included in the fun and as a taster of the album it does the job nicely. Check out the track for yourself here.
‘Diamond Dolphins’ is out now and will be available from the Blackjack Illuminist Bandcamp page. Keep your eyes peeled as I’ll be breaking down the new album, Jig of Glee, ahead of its release on 12 July 2024.
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