{"product_id":"adult-dvd-adult-dvd","title":"Adult DVD - Adult DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExisting in the space between electronic euphoria and spiky hardcore energy, the Leeds-based band have been building a dedicated following through their adrenaline-fuelled live shows and the release of a series of glitchy anthems. The build up to this album feels like it has been a long time coming but this has given time for the word of mouth to intensify and, now, here we are, celebrating their exhilarating debut album with a superb Dinked Edition fan package (where you can make your own album sleeve with the sticker sheet!).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir witty, observational songwriting, based on real-life characters, and a pulsating synth-punk delivers an intense musical workout that’s perfect for you, whether your happy place is on the dancefloor or in the mosh pit. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSometimes it’s fun to play at being an Adult after all!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor Fans Of: Getdown Services, Viagra Boys, Fat Dog, Working Mens Club, IDLES, Snapped Ankles, Sleaford Mods, Yard Act, Sprints, Fcukers, The Itch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the members of Adult DVD first started experimenting with synths the Leeds-based band had zero expectations as to where it would take them. Now signed to Fat Possum Records, their debut album, \u003cem\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e, establishes their landing point, an irreverent new voice existing in the space between electronic euphoria and spiky hardcore energy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth unique in their approach and thrilling in impact, the band’s music has been shown love by Stereogum, Rolling Stone UK and The Line of Best Fit among others. Their breakout moment came with the single “Bill Murray,” an incessantly catchy distillation of people on the internet believing Tom Hanks and Bill Murray are the same person. More recently, the glitchy and anthemic “Real Tree Lee” was an A-list record at BBC 6Music and had support from BBC Radio 1.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt both Brighton’s The Great Escape and SXSW in Austin this year the band were championed as one of the buzziest acts of the festival with snaking queues of people waiting hours to see them perform . A relentless touring schedule in 2025 saw them hone their status as festival headliners in waiting, picking up a global army of new fans and playing to huge crowds at Glastonbury, Green Man, End Of The Road and more. The band recently toured Japan where they were greeted by fans in homemade Adult DVD merch, played a series of sold-out shows and saw posts about their performances go viral with millions of views. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the making of their exhilarating debut album, vocalist Harry Hanson and synth-player Greg Lonsdale, alongside Danny Blackburn (guitar\/synth), Jake Williams (synth), Jonathan Newell (drums), and George Manson (bass), went harder on what was already working for them: witty observational songwriting based in real-life characters and a pulsating synth-punk sound perfect for both the rave and the mosh pit. Fusing together an intense musical workout with depictions of a motley crew of figures ranging from 5G conspiracy theorists to an existential cowboy, \u003cem\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e is the electrifying sound of a band exceeding their own expectations while going just as hard, if not harder than their adrenaline-fuelled live shows. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e, Hanson and Lonsdale continue to take a screenwriter’s approach to songwriting, filling their lyrics with stories pulled from the outskirts of society yet painting a vivid and comic picture of modern Britain.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e“We don't take things too seriously,” Lonsdale explains. “The lyrics have got sillier, the songs have got sillier. We make music for people to enjoy, so let them have a laugh.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by the band at The Nave Studios Leeds , the general theme of the album is to let go and take life a little less seriously. “Cowboy On Aisle Three” conjures an image of a wrangler swapping the rodeo for a supermarket over a swaggering synth riff . It’s an EQ-pushing beast that merges an existential crisis with the band’s playful spirit and relentless pursuit of bangers. Speaking about the song, Hanson says: “I came up with the idea when I was in Lidl. I’m sure everyone has thought, ‘Imagine if I just went nuts now,’ to get out of doing the big shop.”\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdult DVD might favour fiction over facts but that’s not to say these songs don’t tap into something real. Album opener “Do As I Please” unpicks the myth of community spirit and zeroes in on the post-pandemic sensation of the self-serving individual. “World’s Best Boss,” meanwhile, rages against authority figures warped by tiny amounts of power (“I’m shaking your hand just because I get paid”) and the importance of establishing an identity outside work. Another hit of pure unbridled energy, the industrial clatter of “Jesus Christ Supercar” finds the band taking aim at life’s bullshitters all too quick to explain away their lack of adventure. It stands as the opposite to their song “Do Something,” one of a few occasions when \u003cem\u003eAdult DVD \u003c\/em\u003etips its cap to the band’s\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eolder material. “‘Do Something’ was about somebody trying things,” Lonsdale explains. “‘Jesus Christ Supercar’ is about always putting an excuse in the way.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimmering with boredom, wasted time, scams and a preoccupation with death and sex, the Adult DVD universe is a place to escape to and also get lost. These are songs that untangle the complicated ways in which people find themselves living, mining both laughter and energy from thinking. “There isn't that much down time on the album,” Hanson says in reference to its pulsating energy and high BPM count. “It's got harder in both directions. It’s like the EPs but on steroids.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e closes with a two song salvo that pushes things to new heights. “Real Tree Lee” shows what happens when questioning the truth leads to falling down the “cretin side” of the internet and into a bog of conspiracy theories. “I remember my mate from school whose dad used to make his own diesel in his shed,” says Lonsdale. “There was another guy who had loads of guns, too. We were interested in writing about these old boys with wild shit going on and where they go when they spend too much time online.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rolling Face”—an acid house exploration of a wild night out that ends with its main character out of his mind — brings the album to a close. Its frantic pace, heavy breakbeats, and chanted vocals captures the band’s pulsating live show, concluding a journey that hurtles out of the screen and into real life. “The album starts in the evening and by the end of it, it's like it’s 3am,” says Hanson. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat release, from the twin streams of mundanity and chaos of modern life, makes \u003cem\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e one of the most entertaining and essential albums of the year.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fat Possum Records","offers":[{"title":"Dinked Edition - Clear Blue LP in Alt Sleeve + *Signed* Photo + Stickers","offer_id":51481331925270,"sku":"RMX-70441","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":51481331958038,"sku":"RMX-70442","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51481331990806,"sku":"RMX-70443","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/Adult-DVD-Packshot-3000px.png?v=1782728737","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/adult-dvd-adult-dvd","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}