reflective solo offering, but don’t
go expecting a soap opera come Stone Roses style fall out
between ex band members, as this album was mixed by Mr. Kieran
Hebden himself and he seems supportive of Adem’s foray
into album making. Adem’s compelling yet slightly haunting
Roddy Woomble style vocals and tingling instrumentals provides
a soothing and compelling six minute plus wrestle with the
topic of friendship in ‘These are your friends’.
The acoustic fuelled and upbeat ‘Everything you need’ shows
that Adem is composed and relaxed, a feeling that soon transfers
into the mind of the listener.
Adem seems to have settled down from his
experimental space/art rock days he spent with the Fridge,
but far from being the usual morbid and insipid offering
that usually accompanies many solo project from a former
protagonist of an exciting band; ‘Homesongs’ is
chill out music at its best and also makes you think. ‘There
Will Always Be’ provides a glittery and tingling end
to a well thought out album. Most importantly, this album
will cement in the mind of many critics how talented the
Fridge were and that it is by no way a tragedy that they
have all gone there separate ways, maybe they needed to in
order to bring some much needed variety to a music scene
that sorely needed it?
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Catch Adem on tour this spring;
Wednesday 28th - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
- Supporting Fairport Convention for the Triptych festival
Thursday 29th - The Tramway, Glasgow - Supporting Super Furry Animals for the
Triptych festival
Monday 3rd - Bar 36, Sunderland - Supporting Explosions in the Sky
Tuesday 4th - Leadmill, Sheffield - Supporting Explosions in the Sky
Wednesday 5th - Zodiac, Oxford - Supporting Explosions in the Sky
Thursday 6th - Academy 3 (Hop & Grape), Manchester - Supporting Explosions
in the Sky
Monday 10th - Wedgewood, Portsmouth - Supporting Explosions in the Sky
Tuesday 11th - Electric Ballroom, London - Supporting Explosions in the Sky
Tareck Ghoneim
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