Ahead of the release of their debut project, exciting Irish trio Adore one of the best new bands in Ireland have shared their fourth single ‘Stay Free Old Stranger,’ produced by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox.

“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.”

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) are set to open for one of Ireland’s other best new bands, Chalk, at their massive 3-night run in the Ulster Sports Club in April and have just announced their debut UK headline shows (full details below).

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