Q: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how your childhood impacted your musical direction?
A: Lachlann: ‘I suppose growing up in Donegal had an impact on my attitude towards creating. I think there’s more people making what they really want to make up there. But for sure my biggest childhood musical influences were my dad and the music summer camp we went to called DSSM. Dad influenced my taste in music and the summer school gave me the confidence to know it’s something I could do too.’
Q: How are you planning on growing your fan base and sharing your music with the world? What message do you have for anyone who is about to discover “Adore”?
A: We plan very little long term, you can’t really control what happens in 6 months time but you can make sure that you do your best with each gig that comes along. It’s one gig at a time at the moment, and through that we’ve found the most natural growth. We really love it. Our message for anyone who’s about to discover Adore is that it’s all downhill from here
Q: Who is the most inspiring artist for you right now? And where do you find inspiration for making music?
A: lachlann: ‘most inspirational artist for me at the minute is probably The Undertones, I just think they’re brilliant and very grounding. Dad definitely made me a bit of a derry punk head, i saw them last year in Donegal and I have huge respect for any musical act that makes the journey up north. I find a lot of inspiration for making music from journalling. Writing things down about how you are and what you could do, and getting a really clear picture of what you’re feeling, and writing a song on that. I think inspiration is never intentional, but that’s something that’s been happening recently.’
Q: Can you tell us about the story or message behind the song, “Postcards.”?
A: Postcards is about parasocial relationships in the 21st century. There was a lot going on in the news at the time we wrote it about a hollywood court case, and we’d always see people in instagram comments who would really believe they had a personal connection to the people in said case. A lot of them were simply identifying with the personal stories, but there were some that were more intense. When you’re handed very personal details about someone’s life, you can feel that personal connection very easily, because usually to know those types of details you’d need to know them very well, however some people slip too far down the road.
Q: How would you describe your sound in one word for potential listeners?
A: Scuzzy
Q: Did you face any challenges while writing or recording “Postcards”?
A: Ohhhh man recording was a mission. We recorded the 2 singles with the Brilliant Mike Ó Dowd in Athlone. We wanted to record them live like all our other favourite bands. The tension in a live recording room is crazy, it’s an internal tension of ‘I really really hope I’m not the one to mess this take up’ but when you get it right it’s Brilliant. We did about 12 takes of both, I think both times we chose the second take. trying to get the ‘Perfect take’ can make you feel like you’re going crazy but we’re super proud of the tracks. Massive thanks to Richard from Blowtorch too
Q: What is the message of your music? And what are your goals as an artist?
A: I’d like to connect to people and to hopefully create music that allows people to resonate with, from communities that I belong to and beyond. Ultimately I want people to have fun and feel safe.
Q: Who is your dream artist to collaborate with? (dead or alive)
A: I would love to work with Kim Deal I think she’s incredible. She was one of the first women that I connected with through music. Everything that she has created has made so much sense to me. It wasn’t until Kim Deal that I realised how important it was for me as a young girl to have female role models. She really opened up a whole world of projects that were led by people other than men. And obviously it was more relatable to me and discussed topics that were hard for me to find resolutions to with music written by men. She’s just cool as fuck. I love her.
Q: What is your advice for people interested in pursuing music as a career or for those trying to enter the industry?
A: Don’t filter your music for anybody. Have fun and be easy on yourself
Q: If you could go back in time and give a younger you some words of wisdom, what would they be?
A: I would say to calm down and not to worry. It’s always going to be hard at times and that’s completely fine. I’d tell myself to stop being so hard on myself and stop trying to please other people and that I’m allowed to make mistakes. I’d basically tell myself to calm the fuck down.