adults’ new album ‘a pocketful of seeds, ideas, loves, fears and hopes’ brings together two years of ideas, moments, and emotions into a restless, lived-in whole. The record drifts through indie pop, jangle, shoegaze, emo, and country, capturing songs written in the gaps between everything else. The band describe it as a collection of deeply personal songs about growth, change, loss, and love, set against the constant hum of a world that strains optimism. The result feels messy in the best way, full of motion and feeling.
Recorded over three months across rooftops and warehouses in South London, the album marks the longest recording process adults have ever undertaken. Long-time collaborator Rich Mandell helped stitch together patchworks of riffs, loops, and overdubs into something more intentional and coherent. The enthusiasm around the record centers on its energy and warmth, with its loud amps, layered textures, and playful experimentation landing as vibrant and human.
Opening track “dead red” slowly unfurls from a wiggly synth before building into something insistent and charged. While not overtly political, the songs carry an undercurrent of radical change and learning how to respond to harm with growth rather than damage. Singles like “flag”, “crying”, and “patterns” highlight the band at their hook-filled and optimistic best, while tracks like “chest pains” and “partner song pest chains” show off their fast, scrappy edge. The album holds frustration, care, and hope in equal measure, tied together by noisy, awkward pop instincts.