Following standout shows at VestRock in The Netherlands and Paris’ renowned Supersonic Festival, Bristol’s alt–indie quartet Adult Leisure are back with their new single “The Rules,” 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.”
“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.”
