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THE REVIEW
Against Perfection... and yet it nearly touches perfection. A 1993 album, a quartet from Coventry led by singer Piotr Fijalkowski and guitarist Robert Dillam, brings to light a record with countless nuances that revolve around the melancholy of the Cure and Echo and the Bunnymen and dive into the shoegaze of My Bloody Valentine. They are placed, or better, placed by the English critics into that melting pot known to most as Brit Pop and somehow the melodic lines of Adorable remind one of bands like Verve and Suede (not Oasis though...) but there's a stronger pull to those atmospheres dear to My Bloody Valentine that form their spirit and set them apart from that melting pot of sounds...
Right from the first track "Sunshine Smile" the Adorable do not sound bland, with guitars erecting stunning, overwhelming walls of sound, a well-present melody, and a bass that closely resembles the Cure, a smile to the melancholy suspended between shoegaze and dream pop.
A smile and a warm, tense melancholic embrace that we find in all 12 tracks of an album unjustly or justifiably you will judge (wise Debaserian people...) that has fallen into anonymity and buried under that avalanche of albums that would soon arrive on the English market.
After this work, Adorable will publish a second album in 1994, "Fake", more intimate and introspective, and then disband definitively. However, it remains a precious and melancholic record of a band that had inserted itself into an evolving musical context that soon forgot them.
After all....
Can you see me? I can't see myself
Can you hear me? I can hardly hear myself
And I don't want to be a faded memory
All I want is to be me
I don't want to be faded skin
I don't want to fade out
I want to fade in
I want to fade in...
...sang Adorable themselves, perhaps ironically.
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Adorable's 1993 album 'Against Perfection' combines melancholic tones reminiscent of The Cure and My Bloody Valentine with elements of Britpop. The band creates rich, wall-of-sound guitars and melodic basslines, resulting in a distinctive record that remains underrated. Despite their brief career, this album stands as a cherished example of evolving 90s British alternative music. Their emotional lyrics highlight a desire for identity amid fading memories.
Adorable
Adorable are a British alternative rock band from Coventry, formed in 1990 by vocalist-guitarist Piotr Fijalkowski and guitarist Robert Dillam. They released Against Perfection (1993) and Fake (1994) before disbanding; the group reunited for shows in 2019.01 Reviews
