Rising Irish punk duo Adore have unveiled a new video for their latest single 'Sweet Keith' - directed by Matthew Tallon - coinciding with confirmations for 2000 Trees and Truck Festival next summer. The band headline Dublin's Button Factory tomorrow evening (29 November).
Fusing flurries of abrasive noise and crunching guitars with disarming honesty, 'Sweet Keith' is Adore's tribute to chosen family.
On the video release, singer Lara Minchin said:
"Wowowow we finally have a music video. We’re so happy that Sweet Keith gets her time in the sun, immortalised in video format, directed by the wonderful Matthew Tallon who I met through a Scooby Doo mystery gang of comedians who are endlessly talented. The whole team were absolutely fantastic. No confections were wasted, they were all rescued from bakeries who were going to have them euthanised and collected over the duration of a week. Trust me, that room smelled awful."
'Sweet Keith' is the closing track from Adore's debut EP 'BITER' - released in September via Big Scary Monsters.
A snarling collision of punk grit and alt-rock melodies, produced by Daniel Fox (of Gilla Band), Adore's debut EP 'BITER' pulls inspiration from horror films, vampire folklore and personal experience, unravelling the quiet ways we contort ourselves to fit in – and the chaos that follows when we push back.
From the bruised renewal of opener 'Fragile', sitting against the haunted spiral of 'Can We Talk' and the jittery, nightmare-born 'Show Me Your Teeth' - elsewhere, 'Stay Free Old Stranger' - written in Lara’s teens - burns with the scrappy urgency of Sleater-Kinney and The Jam, while closer 'Sweet Keith' offers a gnarled, affectionate ode to chosen family and friendship.
Together, these songs bite down on themes of survival, selfhood and defiance as singer Lara Minchin explains:
"BITER is a collection of tracks written before and after Adore’s formation which document a long lesson in being loud and biting back. Over the past few years, I have been obsessed with people's childhood mannerisms and if they carried into or developed into anything in adulthood. I came to the conclusion that most children pick up one or more of these vices: Biter, burner (setting fires), poker, tickler. These little acts of childhood menace are preformed when a child feels great emotion; be it positive or negative, love or hatred.
"Over the years, I learned how keeping to myself and using silence as a form of self defence was affecting my sense of self. I no longer have to be obedient to survive. Though I was not a biter as a child, I began wishing I was. I admire the release of big feelings that my friends indulged in when they were small and as I’ve grown up, I too have become a biter."
Consisting of Lara (guitar, vocals) and Naoise Jordan Cavanagh (drums) - hailing from Dublin and Galway respectively - Adore pull from a lineage of bands that made messiness feel deliberate - citing the likes of Misfits, Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, The Breeders, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs all as points of influence - Lara reflects: "Musically, I’m never quite sure what has inspired a particular song because it’s all rather subconscious."
With every new release, Adore sharpen their edge and stretch their reach, building towards defining the next chapter of Irish punk & further staking their claim as one of Ireland’s most exciting new voices.
To date, Adore have drawn attention from key tastemakers at press (The Guardian, So Young Magazine, DIY Magazine, CLASH Magazine, Louder, The Line of Best Fit, Dork Magazine) and radio (BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq and Craig Charles, plus John Kennedy at Radio X).
Adore's debut EP 'BITER' is out now, digitally and on 12" coloured vinyl via Big Scary Monsters. Purchase 'BITER' on vinyl here. Adore headline Dublin's Button Factory on Saturday 29th Nov (tickets here) and play 2000 Trees and Truck Festival, summer 2026.
LIVE DATES
November
29 - Button Factory, Dublin
July 2026
8-11 - 2000 Trees Festival
23-26 - Truck Festival