Ireland’s trio Adore have released their new single, Stay Free Old Stranger, ahead of three nights supporting Chalk in Belfast, the band have also announced their debut headline shows in the UK with stops in Southampton, Hull and London in May. Produced by and recorded with Daniel Fox (Gilla Band) their new single explores an acceptance of detachment, delivered with an urgency that is distinctly Adore‘s. With its scorched guitars, energetic drums and an unexpected jazzy interlude a fitting precursor to the song’s explosive, chaotic finale, Stay Free Old Stranger embraces the idea of peaceful coexistence with “old strangers” who drift in and out of your life, and ultimately celebrates the “freak” within. “I wrote Stay Free Old Stranger when I ...