{"product_id":"adult-dvd-adult-dvd","title":"Adult DVD - Adult DVD","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"35\" data-end=\"382\"\u003eWhen the members of \u003cstrong data-start=\"55\" data-end=\"68\"\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"247\"\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e, establishes their landing point, an irreverent new voice existing in the space between electronic euphoria and spiky hardcore energy.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"864\"\u003eBoth unique in their approach and thrilling in impact, the band's music has been shown love by \u003cem data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"490\"\u003eStereogum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"510\"\u003eRolling Stone UK\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"537\"\u003eThe Line of Best Fit\u003c\/em\u003e among others. Their breakout moment came with the single \u003cem data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"611\"\u003e\"Bill Murray,\"\u003c\/em\u003e an incessantly catchy distillation of people on the internet believing \u003cstrong data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"696\"\u003eTom Hanks\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"716\"\u003eBill Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e are the same person. More recently, the glitchy and anthemic \u003cem data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"795\"\u003e\"Real Tree Lee\"\u003c\/em\u003e was an A-list record at BBC 6Music and had support from BBC Radio 1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"1479\"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"2225\"\u003eIn the making of their exhilarating debut album, vocalist \u003cstrong data-start=\"1539\" data-end=\"1555\"\u003eHarry Hanson\u003c\/strong\u003e and synth-player \u003cstrong data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1590\"\u003eGreg Lonsdale\u003c\/strong\u003e, alongside \u003cstrong data-start=\"1602\" data-end=\"1621\"\u003eDanny Blackburn\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar\/synth), \u003cstrong data-start=\"1638\" data-end=\"1655\"\u003eJake Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e (synth), \u003cstrong data-start=\"1665\" data-end=\"1684\"\u003eJonathan Newell\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums), and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1715\"\u003eGeorge Manson\u003c\/strong\u003e (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 data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2074\"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2227\" data-end=\"2626\"\u003eOn \u003cem data-start=\"2230\" data-end=\"2241\"\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. \"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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"3192\"\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. \u003cem data-start=\"2759\" data-end=\"2784\"\u003e\"Cowboy On Aisle Three\"\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3194\" data-end=\"4136\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"3194\" data-end=\"3205\"\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e might favour fiction over facts but that's not to say these songs don't tap into something real. Album opener \u003cem data-start=\"3316\" data-end=\"3334\"\u003e\"Do As I Please\"\u003c\/em\u003e unpicks the myth of community spirit and zeroes in on the post-pandemic sensation of the self-serving individual. \u003cem data-start=\"3449\" data-end=\"3471\"\u003e\"World's Best Boss,\"\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem data-start=\"3722\" data-end=\"3747\"\u003e\"Jesus Christ Supercar\"\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem data-start=\"3892\" data-end=\"3909\"\u003e\"Do Something,\"\u003c\/em\u003e one of a few occasions when Adult DVD tips its cap to the band's older material. \"'\u003cem data-start=\"3993\" data-end=\"4007\"\u003eDo Something\u003c\/em\u003e' was about somebody trying things,\" Lonsdale explains. \"'\u003cem data-start=\"4065\" data-end=\"4088\"\u003eJesus Christ Supercar\u003c\/em\u003e' is about always putting an excuse in the way.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4138\" data-end=\"4614\"\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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"4616\" data-end=\"5132\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"4616\" data-end=\"4627\"\u003eAdult DVD\u003c\/em\u003e closes with a two song salvo that pushes things to new heights. \u003cem data-start=\"4692\" data-end=\"4709\"\u003e\"Real Tree Lee\"\u003c\/em\u003e 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. 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