Following standout shows at VestRock in The Netherlands and Paris’ renowned Supersonic Festival, Bristol’s alt-indie quartet Adult Leisure unveiled their new single ‘The Rules’ on July 25th 2025, the next single to be taken from their debut album ‘The Things You Don’t Know Yet’, arriving on October 3rd 2025.

The track follows ‘See Her’, May’s collaboration with longtime The 1975 / Sam Fender collaborator John Waugh, and the album’s previous singles ‘Dancing Don’t Feel Right’, ‘Kiss Me Like You Miss Her’ and ‘Borderline’ which saw support from BBC Radio 6’s Indie Forever show, The Line Of Best Fit, Pop Journal, Fresh on the Net and multiple Spotify editorial playlists with ‘Borderline’ being used to open an E4 Made In Chelsea episode, their first national TV sync placement.

‘The Rules’ was recorded and mixed with Ollie Searle at Humm Studios and mastered by John Webber (David Bowie, Duran Duran, Coach Party) and sees guest vocals from Jess Chivers. The song pulls you in from the very first note, expertly mixing rich, vibrant synths, lush guitar lines, driving rhythms and anguished vocals to deliver the perfect 80’s movie soundtrack, once again showing that this is a band that exists completely outside of time.

On the creation of the single, vocalist and lyricist Neil Scott explains, “Starting off life via an ‘Islands in the Stream’-esque voice-note sent in the band WhatsApp from Dave back in December of 2023, our new single ‘The Rules’ is exactly the pop-soaked song Dolly Parton would be losing her mind at. We were listening to lots of Blossoms at the time and wanted to write a song from both sides of a relationship on the verge of breaking down. Fast forward to earlier this year, when we were lucky enough to work with the talented Jess Chivers who provided backing vocals on the track, the song and emotions we wanted to capture were truly brought to life. This is our take on the 70s golden era of pop duets.”

A 12 date headline album tour has been announced, commencing at London’s Sebright Arms and ending at Liverpool’s Kazimier Stockroom including renowned venues such as Manchester’s Night & Day Cafe, and Bristol’s Thekla, their biggest hometown headline to date, tickets are on sale now and available at https://linktr.ee/adultleisure.

Live Dates:

July 25th-27th 2025 - ButeFest, Isle of Bute
August 7-9th 2025 - Varanger Festivalen, Norway
September 3rd-6th 2025 - Live At Heart, Sweden

Album Tour:

October 9th 2025 - Sebright Arms, London
October 10th 2025 - Thekla, Bristol
October 17th 2025 - Cafe Indie, Scunthorpe
October 18th 2025 - Sidney and Matilda, Sheffield
October 23rd 2025 - Heartbreakers, Southampton
October 24th 2025 - The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
October 26th 2025 - The Bunkhouse, Swansea
October 30th 2025 - Hope & Ruin, Brighton
November 1st 2025 - Xerox, Newcastle
November 2nd 2025 - Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
November 6th 2025 - The Bear Cave, Bournemouth
November 8th 2025 - Kazimier Stockroom, Liverpool

Tickets: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/15533129-adult-leisure