Adore

"A dose of garage punk bedlam from the Irish risers...barbed piece of garage punk that plays by its own rules"
CLASH Magazine

"Sweetly scathing...a cutting marriage of sound and meaning. As lively as it is chilling...the track’s raucous exterior infuses mxelody with hot, glowing rage"
So Young Magazine

"A slice of infectious, riotous garage-punk"
DIY Magazine

"A scuzzy grungey ramshackled bundle of raucous energy"
God Is In The TV

"A cool blast of melodic garage punk pop"
Nialler9

(26th February) Irish trio Adore today release new single 'Stay Free Old Stranger,' ahead of three nights supporting Chalk in Belfast. Adore today also announce their debut headline shows in the UK with stops in Southampton, Hull and London in May.

Adore's music is crystallised in its dichotomies; emotional, dynamic, loud, sensitive. Hailing from Dublin, Donegal and Galway respectively, the trio consisting of Lara Minchin (guitar, vocals), Lachlann Ó Fionnáin (bass, vocals) and Naoise Jordan Cavanagh (drums) possess an innate understanding of one another - "We are three feens with guitars and drums. We make music that feels right to us," the band say.

Produced by and recorded with Gilla Band bassist Daniel Fox, new single 'Stay Free Old Stranger' explores an acceptance of detachment, delivered with an urgency that is distinctly Adore's.

"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.

With its scorched guitars, energetic drums and an unexpected jazzy interlude a fitting precursor to the song's explosive, chaotic finale, 'Stay Free Old Stranger' embraces the idea of peaceful coexistence with "old strangers" who drift in and out of your life, and ultimately celebrates the "freak" within.

Speaking more on the song's inspiration, Lara says:

"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."

Grounded by a shared passion for both melody, message and a spirit of collaboration, drawing influence from The Breeders, Elastica, Echobelly, The Undertones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sleeper, amongst others, Adore have already established themselves as hot prospects in Ireland. 

Having released their debut single 'Postcards' in June 2023, the band have played live relentlessly since - supporting SPRINTS on tour across the UK in late 2024, along with further dates supporting The Scratch, 86TVs, The Bug Club and Cardinals across Ireland. With the autumn 2024 release of singles 'Can We Talk' - an enraged blast of melodic garage-punk, and their explosive call to action 'Supermum!', the band reaped the rewards of their hard graft with a sold-out headline show at Dublin's 450 capacity Whelan's in December 2024.

With only a smattering of singles to their name, Adore's work has already pricked the ears of key tastemakers at press (So Young Magazine, DIY Magazine, CLASH Magazine, The Line of Best Fit, Dork Magazine, Rough Trade, Nialler9) and radio (BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy at Radio X).

With the band's debut project still to be released, Adore are undoubtedly a band to keep a keen eye on in 2025.

Adore's new single 'Stay Free Old Stranger' is out now. Adore join CHALK for three back-to-back nights in Belfast in April, with further dates across the UK, Ireland and France over the coming months.