Irish punk trio Adore returns with their first single of 2025, the uncontained and explosive ‘Stay Free Old Stranger’.
Singer Lara Minchin shares the following about how ‘Stay Free Old Stranger’ came to life:
“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.
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.”
Upcoming live dates:
9th April – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast (supporting CHALK) *sold out
10th April – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast (supporting CHALK) *sold out
11th April – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast (supporting CHALK)
1st May – Blowtorch Festival, Roisin Dubh, Galway
18th May – Heartbreakers, Southampton (Headline)
20th May – Polar Bear, Hull (Headline)
22nd May – The Waiting Room, London (Headline)
23rd May – Unfest Festival, Tunbridge Wells
24th May – Dot to Dot Fest, Bristol
25th May – Dot to Dot Fest, Nottingham
29th May – Block Party Supersonic Festival, Paris
30th May – Block Party Supersonic Festival, Paris
29th August – Brighton Psych Fest
30th August – Manchester Psych Fest
31st August – Edinburgh Psych Fest
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