Adorable Again

About a year ago, I interviewed Pete Fijalkowski, the lead singer of the early 90s band Adorable. Here's a small bit of it:

DF: In early interviews, you were painted as being incredibly arrogant. Was it an accurate depiction?

PF: It's hard for me to say. There's very few people who would admit to being arrogant. I was certainly very confident of what we were doing, and though I feel we were somewhat mis-labelled, the general perception is probably not without some merit. I remember when we came to the USA we were excited, because we felt it was a time when we could start anew. It had all gone wrong press-wise in the UK , and this was our chance to come somewhere with a fresh slate or so we thought- when we arrived we discovered to our horror that the label had decided to run a campaign dubbing us as "the band you love to hate". Cue heavy sighs as we spent half an hour each show tearing down posters with this slogan that had been painstakingly put up at each venue by SBK employees. Overall I'm quite glad from a personal point of view that Adorable imploded as it did, because I think I'm a far better person for it.

[Full Interview Link]

The interview got a decent amount of attention on the ol' internet, and I'd like to think that it introduced some new people to the band. Not long after the interview was posted, I got an email from Neal, who works for Cherry Red Records in the UK. He was asking if I could provide him with Pete's contact info. Neal, a longtime fan, had been trying for years to put together an Adorable compilation. I gave him the info, and long story short, the new compilation "Footnotes" is now available in stores.

Music fans should be thankful for Neal and his hard work, and to the band for putting out so many great songs in their short tenure. I'm happy that Dead Flowers could play a part, no matter how insignificant, in bringing this compilation together. That's always been the goal of the site--to expose people to great music that they might not otherwise hear.

Here's the tracklist:

1. Sunshine Smile
2. Glorious
3. Sistine Chapel Ceiling
4. Vendetta
5. A To Fade In
6. Submarine
7. Sunburnt
8. I'll Be Your Saint
9. Manina Suitcase
10. Homeboy
11. Summerside
12. Feed Me
13. Fallenidol
14. Crash Sight
15. Cut #2
16. Kangaroo Court
17. Lettergo
18. Breathless

Listen to "Sunshine Smile":

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