Artist: adults x Spank Hair
Title: …in the big league
Format: Split digital EP + zine
Cat: Fika103
Release date: 22nd May 2024
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“two new jangly, indie pop songs about love, anxiety, sadness and lying to yrself. one day we’ll figure out how to write songs about finding joy in the throes of late capitalism but not today! we’ve been writing a lot this year and we're so excited to be putting out these songs on a split with our hugely talented mates spank hair. attempting poppy and slightly polished - we’ve even got some multitracking on this one! we had loads of fun recording these with keith totp and our pal rich mandell with some expensive gear in soho and loosely timed handclaps. trouble is the best that we’ve got.” - adults
“We’re really excited to have our songs Cowboy Scene and Many Phones Ago out there. We’ve been working on them for a long time and can’t thank Adults enough for asking us to do this split, else I’m not sure we ever would have finished these songs. The songs both deal with regret and coming to terms with your abilities and achievements, something that’s been playing on our minds pretty heavily as our thirties relentlessly beat us over our heads with sticks.”
“adults are one of our favourite bands that we’ve ever gotten to play with and lovely people to boot! To get the opportunity to work with them on a split is a real dream come true and there are no other coattails we’d rather ride!” - Spank Hair
“who doesn’t like silly twiddly emo? not us. listening to spank hair is like getting wrecked by all yr pals on crash team racing in 2004 except now yr not 13 and yr nervous and anxious and have to go to work in the morning. but this time they’re cowboys, or had a phone, or something. maybe all three. who cares. spank hair are lush, and silly and twiddly, just like their songs. luke brings the riffs, ali brings the emo, hannah brings the beats. they’ve put out some of our fav lil digital records over the past few years on heavenly creature recs and we’ve played a bunch of fun shows with them too. it’s v exciting to be able to put out some music with them together, and to write a lil zine! this is just the start.” - adults
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adults
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. Reflecting on how we look after ourselves, one another and people in our community; their songs are a riotous collision reminiscent of Johnny Foreigner, The Beths or Trust Fund, bursting with crunching guitars, speedy drums and yelping dual vocals.
They’ve released singles with Art Is Hard and For The Sakes Of Tapes, and self released an EP (The Weekend Was Always Almost Over), which was subsequently released on vinyl by Caballito records. In October 2022 the band's debut album 'for everything, always' was released by Fika Recordings.
Faster, messier and sillier than they have any right to be, adults are a hopeful and joyous noisy pop band based in South London.
adults are carl, joe, joely and tom
Spank Hair
Spank Hair formed with the intention of playing one show and immediately breaking up in 2017 and have been rocking hard ever since. Formed out of Oxford’s DIY scene, and inspired by bands like Algernon Cadwallader, American Football and Say Anything, Spank Hair like to play fast, loud and tasteful emo rock songs about the weight of regret and the desire to make it in the big leagues, as a cowboy.
Spank Hair is Ali Crawford, Hannah Watts and Luke Allmond.
“their ability to create airy, jangly, joyful and carefree music from beneath the weight the world is a shared skill and one that’s just so endearing. Their new four track split EP …in the big league showcases this brilliantly.” [8/10] Noizze
“a collection of four sparkling, emo-tinged tracks on their split EP …in the big league could be the release of two future emo darlings; only time shall tell” [7/10] Boolin Tunes
“a beacon of hope and noisy joy in the disintegrating world” Scene Music
“adults are upbeat, energetic, and rough around the edges, and Spank Hair is their moody, melodic counterpart” Loud Women