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ADHAMH O’CAOIMH Interview ADORE Over the past yea
r, Adore have found many fans across the island with their surf tinged garage punk, marrying the songwriting savvy of pop-rock with the sleazy tones of greasy 00’s acts like the Strokes, Distillers and Offspring. Lara Minchin’s powerful voice reminds this listener of Metronomy and Metric, while the rhythm section of bassist/vocalist Lachlann Ó Fionnáin, and drummer Naoise Jordan Cavanagh drive the songs home with frenetic fervour. After a triumphant UK run with Goo favourites SPRINTS, the three piece were kind enough to sit down with me before their packed show in Whelans in December, and talk about a banner 2024, playing the brilliant Borderline Festival in February and what the rest of 2025 might bring. Can ye shed some light on the beginnings of Adore? Lara: Naoise and I were in a different band, when I was a teenager and he was an adult, and that band broke up and for years, we were saying we need to start a new band. Then I met Lachlann at a festival in Limavady near Derry, called Stendhal, and we kept in touch. So when he started going to college in Galway, it made sense to introduce the lads, Naoise being from there, and they hit it off and here we are. PAGE 8 What are you guys working on at the minute? Lachlann: We’re recording back in Sonic Studios with Dan Fox [Gilla Band]. We’ve formed a little unit with Dan. We recorded the demos with him this time last year, which was the best craic we’d ever had in a studio. We went back to him for the last two singles, and we’re going in now to record two more. They should be coming out in February, and maybe later in the springtime. This year, we just gigged as much as we could, now we’re tying it up with a little bit of recording. The year ye have had has been pretty stellar, but what have the highlights been? Lachlann: Getting to play abroad. Rotterdam and touring the UK with SPRINTS. That's been a really cool thing. Lara: I finally found a good balance of life and band, this year. We’ve learned not to burn ourselves out. We’ve learned to have standards with how