Irish trio Adore have signed to Big Scary Monsters and today release ‘Show Me Your Teeth’, a track fuelled by months of sleep deprivation, recurring nightmares, and the strange clarity that comes from staring fear in the face.

With just a handful of singles to their name, Adore have already drawn attention 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). ‘Show Me Your Teeth’ follows recent support runs with Chalk and Sprints, landing ahead of their first UK headline shows this month.

“Show Me Your Teeth was written during a period where I had nightmares every night for 5 months,” says guitarist and vocalist Lara Minchin. “These nightmares often lead to me waking up several times throughout the night, resulting in several nightmares with different, sometimes interwoven storylines. An ambivalence developed towards these nightmares which then translated into waking life.”

Working once again with producer and Gilla Band bassist Daniel Fox, ‘Show Me Your Teeth’ doesn’t flinch. Jagged, heavy, and unrelenting, it demands the truth, whether it comforts or cuts. Lara drew further inspiration from horror films, vampire folklore, and personal illness: “It’s about wanting to see the imperfections alongside the ideal, about wanting intentions to be revealed; good or bad and the excitement of anticipation of the unknown being revealed,” Lara says.

Adore pull from a lineage of bands that made messiness feel deliberate. Their sound is angular, twitchy, sometimes abrasive; “Musically, I’m never quite sure what has inspired a particular song because it’s all rather subconscious, but I do remember I was listening to the album Deluxe 85 by Sanity Band and Double Thriller by The Glands on repeat!”, Lara recalls.

Hailing from Dublin, Donegal and Galway respectively, the trio consisting of Lara Minchin (guitar, vocals), Lachlann Ó Fionnáin (bass, vocals) and Naoise Jordan Cavanagh (drums) share a kinetic, intuitive bond – “We are three feens with guitars and drums. We make music that feels right to us,” the band say.

Adore have already established themselves as hot prospects in Ireland. Releasing their debut single ‘Postcards’ in June 2023, the band have played live relentlessly since – supporting SPRINTS on tour across the UK in late 2024, along with further dates supporting CHALK, The Scratch, 86TVs, The Bug Club and Cardinals across Ireland. With the autumn 2024 release of singles ‘Can We Talk’ – an enraged blast of melodic garage-punk, and their explosive call to action ‘Supermum!’, the band reaped the rewards of their hard graft with a sold-out headline show at Dublin’s 450 capacity Whelan’s in December 2024.

With every release, Adore sharpen their edge and stretch their reach, building something that could define the next chapter of Irish punk.

Adore’s new single ‘Show Me Your Teeth’ is out now via Big Scary Monsters. Adore tour across the UK, Ireland and France over the coming months.