catalogue

ADULTS

FOR EVERYTHING, ALWAYS (FIKA RECORDS)

ADULTS - FOR EVERYTHING, ALWAYS 155083
format:
1 LP
release:
11.11.2022
label:
FIKA RECORDS
item ID:
155083
barcode:
5057805565550
12" pink vinyl, printed inner sleeve, edition of 300. File under: UK, indie, DIY punk, noisepop. Combining elements of indie-pop, punk, emo and just a little bit of 2009 vintage math-rock for good measure, adults are four pals trying to find their way in a disintegrating world.

for everything, always reflects on how we look after ourselves, one another and people in our community; it's a riotous collision reminiscent of Johnny Foreigner, The Beths or Trust Fund, bursting with crunching guitars, speedy drums and yelping dual vocals.

The first single all we've got // all we need is a song about individual torments: "having a breakdown on the Megabus to Bristol", and about collective support: "mutual aid, building strong networks of community resistance to the hostile environment, to food insecurity, to the homophobia and transphobia by the state and about trying to look after one another".

the secret song to end side one deals with loss, guilt, rejection and anxiety, exploring the travails of a messy breakup and the masculine urge to bury everything deep down despite the fact that that only hurts people more.

tfl has a lot to answer for is a "reflection of drinking way too much in yr mid 20s, staying up too late, burning yrself out and how it impacts on yr relationships and mental health".

Recorded and produced by Rich Mandell (Happy Accidents, ME REX) over a couple of weekends in the summer of 2021, for everything, always is the constantly naive, but optimistic, outlook: always striving for a better future in the face of modern society's bullshit.

lts are a noisy pop band desperately clinging on to the ghosts of 2009. Their songs are a silly, joyful, and occasionally sad, look back at the tail end of their 20s, a way to grapple with breakups, parties, alcohol and loneliness, and looking hopefully into the future.

"a cacophony of clattering drums and belt-it-out choruses Los Campesinos! or Martha would be proud of evidence that adults seem to have stumbled into something rather marvellous" For The Rabbits // "There's an ample buoyancy from the vocal work, and the guitars are crunchy, though I like how they're a bit tempered here; think of Martha having to play at your local library_hooks, but just a little more subdued.

There's just something about this that radiates joy" Austin Town Hall
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. I HAD A LITTLE SNOOZE & NOW I WILL PROBABLY NEVER ARRIVE AT YR HOUSE
  • 1.2. JANINE (JG FOREVER)
  • 1.3. ALL WE'VE GOT // ALL WE NEED
  • 1.4. TFL HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR
  • 1.5. 2 SQS
  • 1.6. THE SECRET SONG TO END SIDE ONE
  • 1.7. THINGS WE ACHIEVE
  • 1.8. THE NOD
  • 1.9. THE PITCH AND YAW OF THE 6.12 TO BRIGHTON (PLAIN WRONG)
  • 1.10. BETWEEN BUILDINGS
  • 1.11. KILLING & DYING & SOMETHING MORE POSITIVE
  • 1.12. THE HIGH WATERMARK (THOUGHTS OF U)
  • 1.13. WASN'T LIKE THAT