Band show, dreampop fuzz, with a side serving of electronic punch, from ex-Adorable singer Pete Fij, who's back with fresh solo material (more details below).
+ support act TBC + Pete Fij vs Caspar Gomez '90s Indie vs '90s Dance DJ set 'til late
Pete Fij(alkowski) first burst onto the scene in the early '90s as the frontman and guitarist of post-shoegaze / pre-Britpop band Adorable, whose 1993 album Against Perfection, released on Creation Records, is regularly referred to as a lost indie classic, with the band picking up multiple 'Single of the Week' awards in the NME, and topping the Indie charts. Noel Gallagher once told Creation Records' Alan McGee that dropping Adorable from the label was one of his biggest mistakes, whilst other artists such as Ash, Slowdive and Brian Jonestown Massacre amongst others have all expressed their admiration for the band.
Following this he joined up with his brother Krzys to form One Little Indian band Polak (Swansongs 2000 / Rubbernecking 2002) which took in influences from the likes of Sparklehorse, Radiohead and dEUS, and led The Independent to call him "the most gifted lyricist since Jarvis Cocker last put pen to paper".
There then followed a musical exile, after having what Pete now describes as ‘a musical breakdown’ before re-emerging alongside celebrated House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers to release two critically acclaimed albums as Pete Fij / Terry Bickers on 2014’s Broken Heart Surgery, and 2017’s We Are Millionaires, winning the Roundtable 'Single of The Week' on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6Music show - "Beautiful" (MOJO) "Unfailingly lovely" (UNCUT) "Stunning" (OHM) "Beautifully constructed" (Q).
And now he’s back, slinging on the electric guitar, upping the BPMs, and falling in love again has resulted in Pete embracing his dream-pop past but also throwing in fuzz-pop and electronics. It's going to be a lively one!