The Galway alt-rockers release their fourth single.
‘Stay Free Old Stranger’ is produced by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox, and is a fine blast of melodic garage punk, an embrace of a feeling of detachment.
“I wrote Stay Free Old Stranger when I was 16 years old with my best friend Lauren, and sonically was inspired by a lot of what I was listening to when I was a teenager: The Jam, Misfits, Frank Iero, Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre,” says singer Lara Minchin.
“It was written at a time of great social anxiety which was seemingly breaking into a carefree disregard for small talk and empty relationships which I had once harboured to make myself feel wanted. I was badly bullied throughout my childhood and into my teens and because of that I was so eager for people to like me -and I would give time to people who didn’t have my best interests at hand. I had always been a freak and I had grown up in an unconventional manner. And although I didn’t change my interests and my way about life, I definitely covered up parts of myself to make myself more palatable. The lyrics are juvenile. They are telling the story of being aware that some people might not care for you and that’s okay because you don’t have to care for them either. You don’t have to be everybody’s friend.”
Hear their previous songs:
Adore support Chalk over three nights in Belfast.
Adore have UK tour dates also announce their debut headline shows in the UK with stops in Southampton, Hull and London in May.
Adore are from Dublin, Donegal and Galway respectively, and are Lara Minchin (guitar, vocals), Lachlann Ó Fionnáin (bass, vocals) and Naoise Jordan Cavanagh (drums).
ADORE LIVE DATES
February
27 Sharkschool Fest, Roisin Dubh, Galway
April
09 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast (supporting CHALK) *sold out
10 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast (supporting CHALK) *sold out
11 Ulster Sports Club, Belfast (supporting CHALK)
May
01 Blowtorch Festival, Roisin Dubh, Galway
18 Heartbreakers, Southampton (Headline)
20 Polar Bear, Hull (Headline)
22 The Waiting Room, London (Headline)
23 Unfest Festival, Tunbridge Wells
24 Dot to Dot Fest, Bristol
25 Dot to Dot Fest, Nottingham
29 Block Party Supersonic Festival, Paris
30 Block Party Supersonic Festival, Paris
August
03 All Together Now Festival, Waterford
29 Brighton Psych Fest, Brighton
30 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester
31 Edinburgh Psych Fest, Edinburgh
