Adult DVD today unveil new single ‘Rolling Face‘ taken from their self-titled debut album, which will be released 25 September on Fat Possum Records. The Leeds-based sextet have carved a niche as one of the most talked-about live bands in the country and an irreverent new voice existing in the space between electronic euphoria and spiky hardcore energy.
The band also today announce a flurry of album release week events. Instores, outstores and a series of events across hometown Leeds, with exclusive giveaways and an official afterparty with a band-curated DJ line up. Full dates below.
On the new single, Adult DVD say:
“A job in a suit can only get you so far, which is what the character from rolling face soon realises, he’s at the deep end of a pretty ugly night out, which ends in him losing his mind and money.“
At 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.
In the making of their debut album, vocalist Harry Hanson and synth-player Greg Lonsdale, alongside Danny Blackburn (guitar/synth), Jake Williams (synth), Jonathan Newell (drums), and George Manson (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, Adult DVD 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.
Adult DVD Live Dates
August
15 – France, Étoile sur Rhône – Perseïdes Festival
21-22 – UK, Brecon Beacons, Green Man Festival
28 – UK, Cumbria – Krankenhouse Festival
29 – UK, Suffolk, Maui Festival
September
4 – UK, Wiltshire, End Of The Road Festival
5 – UK, Manchester, Psych Festival
6 – UK, Edinburgh, Psych Festival
12 – UK, Blackpool – Next Wave
25 – Crash Records album playback + signing outstore @ Wax Bar, Leeds
26 – Pop-up shop @ Welcome Skate Store, Leeds *
26 – Jumbo Records signing instore @ Jumbo Records, Leeds *
26 – Afterparty @ Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
27 – Assai Records live outstore @ Club Voltaire, Edinburgh
28 – Vinyl Tap live outstore @ Parrish, Huddersfield
29 – Banquet Records live outstore @ Fighting Cocks, Kingston
30 – Vinilo live outstore @ Heartbreakers, Southampton
* In partnership with Northern Monk Brewery
October
1 – Rough Trade live instore @ Rough Trade, Liverpool
3 – UK, Darwen – Neotribe, Sunbird Records
13 – UK, Cardiff, Club Ifor Bach !
14 – UK, Bristol, Thekla ! SOLD OUT
16 – UK, Sheffield, Crookes Social Club ^
17 – UK, Birmingham, Future Days Festival
18 – UK, Cambridge, Mash ^
19 – UK, Oxford, Bullingdon ^
22 – UK, Nottingham, Rescue Rooms *
23 – UK, Glasgow, King Tuts *
24 – UK, Newcastle, The Grove *
27 – UK, Brighton, Chalk ^
28 – UK, London, Scala ~ *
30 – UK, Leeds, Project House % ~ *
31 – UK, Manchester, Gorilla ^
November
5 – Iceland, Reykjavic – Iceland Airwaves Festival
6 – France, Paris – Le Chinois
7 – France, Rennes – Kool Thing Festival
8 – France, Lille – Aeronef
10 – Belgium, Brussels – Botanique
11 – Haldern Pop Bar, Haldern, Germany
12 – Netherlands, Amsterdam – Tolhuistuin
13 – German, Hamburg – Betty
14 – Denmark, Copenhagen – Loppen
16 – Cafe V Lese, Prague, Czech
17 – Germany, Berlin – Kantine Am Berghain
19 – Merlin, Nijmegen, Netherlands
20 – Vera, Groningen, Netherlands
25 – Ireland, Dublin – The Grand Social
26 – Ireland, Ulster, – Sports Club
27 – Ireland, Galway – Róisín Dubh
29 – Ireland, Limerick – Dolans
Supports
! Turnspit
^ Lttl Mort
* Kiosk
~ Group A.D.
% Lemonsuckr
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