Adore

With just a handful of singles to their name, Irish quartet Adore have already made a considerable impact. Coming from Galway, Dublin, Sligo and Mullingar respectively, the band consists of Naoise Jordan Cavanagh (Drums) Lara Minchin (Guitar, Vocals & Omnichord), Callum Wall (Bass & Vocals) and Ben Mulligan (Guitar & Vocals)

Forming in 2022, the band has been going from strength to strength at a great speed. They released their debut single Postcards, in 2023, collaborating with Blowtorch Records, which received strong reviews from local Irish tastemakers, helping the track to quickly becoming a cult classic in the Dublin underground indie scene.

They have since self-released a handful of singles and at the start of 2025, the band signed to Big Scary Monsters records.

With every release, Adore sharpen their edge and stretch their reach, building something that could define the next chapter of Irish punk. To date, they’ve drawn attention for their unrelenting, enraged, riotous brand of garage-punk from key tastemakers across press (The Guardian, So Young Magazine, DIY Magazine, CLASH Magazine, Louder, The Line of Best Fit, Dork Magazine, Rough Trade, Nialler9) and radio (BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq and John Kennedy at Radio X). Adore have firmly established themselves as hot prospects in Ireland and beyond, with a relentless live schedule including tours and dates with SPRINTS, CHALK, 86TVs, The Bug Club and Cardinals, a headline UK of their own already in the bag, a sold-out headline show at Dublin's 450 capacity Whelan’s.

In September 2025, the band released their debut EP “BITER” via BSM records.

Adore’s Lead singer Lara goes on to say “Biter is a collection of tracks written before and after Adore’s formation which document a long lesson in being loud and biting back. Over the past few years, I have been obsessed with people’s childhood mannerisms and if they carried into or developed into anything in adulthood. I came to the conclusion that most children pick up one or more of these vices: Biter, burner (setting fires), poker, tickler. These little acts of childhood menace are performed when a child feels great emotion; be it positive or negative, love or hatred. When talking to people close to me and asking which of these categories they fell into, an alarming number of those closest to me revealed that they were in fact biters. I also know only one person who was all of these as a child, he was a menace as a child but grew up to be an absolute gent. Over the years, I learned how keeping to myself and using silence as a form of self defence was affecting my sense of self. I no longer have to be obedient to survive. Though I was not a biter as a child, I began wishing I was. I admire the release of big feelings that my friends indulged in when they were small and as I’ve grown up, I too have become a biter.”.

To support the release of their debut EP, the band did a headline tour throughout Ireland and the UK, which included a headline gig at The Button Factory in Dublin. They also appeared at festivals including All Together Now, The Great Escape, Dot to Dot Festival and Psych Fest.