Another late bloomer for me. A band I had heard of several times in the past but had no desire to check out. Bad judgment call on my end. Turns out that discovering Adorable's 2008 greatest hits release "Footnotes: The best of '92-'94" recently was just about one of the best things 2010 has had to offer as of yet. Drawing major comparisons to "shoegazers" Ride and Slowdive, and post punk pioneers Echo & The bunnymen, Adorable deliver a masterful album both original and familiar.
Signed to Creation Records in 1992 the band found a home with a label that were pushing out like minded acts like The Jesus and Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine. In their short career they managed to release two albums before My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Sheilds bankrupted the label with the creation of Loveless.
Although typically grouped in with the Shoegaze genre, Adorable were much more than that. Sure they were guitar heavy and had a ton of veverb and fuzz in their sound, but their lyrical content was rather heavy at times. With tracks about father-son relationships, as well as topics such as revenge made them a little grittier under the surface. Album opener "Sunshine Smile" is easily their most critically recognized and although it deserved its praise, their strongest efforts can be found on songs "Vendetta" and "Submarine" where guitars glimmer and make depression and revenge seem sublime.
Stand out tracks:
Sunshine Smile
Vendetta
Submarine
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