Adore Release New Single “Stay Free Old Stranger”

Ireland’s trio Adore have released their new single, Stay Free Old Stranger, ahead of three nights supporting Chalk in Belfast, the band have also announced their debut headline shows in the UK with stops in Southampton, Hull and London in May. Produced by and recorded with Daniel Fox (Gilla Band) their new single explores an acceptance of detachment, delivered with an urgency that is distinctly Adore‘s. 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.

“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.” (guitarist & vocalist Lara Minchin)