Once More With Feeling

The Adventures have released their brand new studio album, their first in over 30 years! Formed in Belfast in 1984, the band enjoyed several hits – including 1988’s Top 20 classic ‘Broken Land’ – and made four albums before disbanding in the mid-90s.

Featuring key original members Pat Gribben, Terry Sharpe, and Eileen Gribben, the album includes a songwriting collaboration between Pat and Cathy Dennis.

Pat Gribben explains the background to the new album: “We had been musing over the possibility of making another Adventures album for some time until COVID and consequential lock down. I found myself spending more time in my little home studio and I could dedicate myself to a songwriting binge. ‘Hanging Tree’ was the first song I finished and this gave us the impetus we needed. Songwriting is all about running the rusty water out until the clear stuff flows. The album was written and largely recorded on my home computer set-up. ‘L.U. C. Y.’ is the first lead vocal by Eileen to appear on any Adventures album - a writing collaboration between Cathy Dennis and myself. All the vocals, keyboards, and acoustic guitars were recorded here at my home studio. All the bass, electric guitars, and live drums were recorded at Einstein Studios.”