Bristol-based alt-indie quartet Adult Leisure return with their new single, ‘Kiss Me Like You Miss Her’, via their new label Big Loud Rock.
The track follows August’s acclaimed release ‘Borderline’, which saw support from Fame Magazine, Amazing Radio, ERR Raadio 2, and Duran Duran frontman Simon Le Bon on Sirius XM. ‘Kiss Me Like You Miss Her’, recorded and mixed with Ollie Searle at Humm Studios and mastered by John Webber (David Bowie, Duran Duran, Coach Party), perfectly highlights the band’s talent for genre fluidity. Adult Leisure expertly mix rich melodies, shimmering synths and explosive drums with Neil Scott’s snarling call and response vocals and socially aware lyrics.
On the track’s subject matter, the band comments, “Kiss Me Like You Miss Her holds a lens firmly on the state of Britain, from pre-election 2024 to present day. It’s easy to get blindsided and almost complacent with music that tackles social commentary. However, we’ve all had, or still have, ongoing experiences of the damage austerity has caused. We wanted our chance to express that anger. We saw a way to create a story drawn from personal and everyday experiences.”
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The band continue, “Life still isn’t good, and our way of dealing with it is through music – this is our petulance and frustration in a song. Having to choose between eating a hot meal or putting £10 on the gas meter takes its toll. We’ve seen it up close in recent memory. It’s so important for these subjects to remain in conversation.”
Formed in 2020, the band released a string of celebrated singles before unveiling their debut critically acclaimed EP The Weekend Ritual in December of 2022, streamed over 65,000 times to date and championed by BBC Radio 1, Variance Magazine, The Independent, RTE and more, which soon saw the band embarking on multiple tours of the UK, earning a handful of rave live reviews along the way.
Their second studio EP Present State of Joy and Grief was released in November of 2023, supported by BBC Radio 1, Wonderland Magazine and picked by producer Jake Gosling (Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, One Direction, Paloma Faith) to be played in Hotel Chocolat stores worldwide.
Since their sold out debut show in July of 2022, Adult Leisure have gone on to tour the UK four times and have supported the likes of The Family Rain, Afflecks Palace, China Bears, Human Interest and The Luka State, and have played a variety of UK festivals. September 2024 saw the band head to Europe for the first time to play Sweden’s Live At Heart Festival.
