Pete Fij – Love’s Coming Back
Pete Fij Releases “Love’s Coming Back” Single + Video
Limited Edition Vinyl Release Available Now!
Pete Fij today has released his new single “Love’s Coming Back” via DSPs. On November 28th, he’ll also release a limited edition 7″ vinyl, featuring the exclusive b-side “Houston.” The track is a preview for Pete’s long-awaited new album which will be released in the summer on Tip Top Records.
Renowned for his unmistakable voice and wry lyrical touch, Pete Fij(alkowski) makes a welcome return with fresh solo material – unveiling songs that brim with melody, wit and understated charm.
“After years of singing downbeat songs of melancholy and loss sitting alongside Terry Bickers – after waving goodbye to a long term relationship – after working at a care home during the Covid pandemic – after seeing people off from the platform of life in my role as a Funeral Celebrant – I decided to have a reset” Fij says of the track.
Slinging back on the electric guitar, ditching the job, upping the BPMs, and falling in love again has resulted in Pete embracing his fuzzed up dream-pop past but also throwing in elements of pop and electronica.
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Pete Fij – Live Dates:
11/28 – London, UK – The Grace (headline)
11/29 – Hebden Bridge, UK – Trades Club (supporting former Kitchens Of Distinctions frontman Patrick Fitzgerald)
11/30 – Coventry, UK – Just Dropped In Records (headline)
12/2 – Southampton, UK – Heartbreakers (headline)
Pete Fij Bio:
Renowned for his unmistakable voice and wry lyrical touch, Pete Fij(alkowski) makes a welcome return with fresh solo material – unveiling songs that that brim with melody, wit and understated charm.
Pete 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 McGhee 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).
Adorable then reformed for a few weeks in 2019 for a series of one off dates that sold out in record time, playing bigger venues than they did in their heyday – and then broke up again.
After another musical hiatus, he’s back:
“After years of singing downbeat songs of melancholy and loss, after waving goodbye to a long-term relationship, after working at a care home during the Covid pandemic, after seeing people off from the platform of life as a Funeral Celebrant, I decided to have a reset.”
Slinging back on the electric guitar, ditching the job, upping the BPMs, and falling in love again has resulted in Pete embracing his fuzzed up dream-pop past but also throwing in elements of pop and electronica.
Now signed to Tip Top Recordings, the working title of his forthcoming LP is appropriately enough ‘Up’s The New Down’ (to be released in 2026).
Pete’s lush and rich baritone voice has been compared to Lee Hazlewood, Lou Reed and Richard Hawley in the past – and fans will be pleased to hear that, if anything, it’s sounding stronger, more urgent and characterful than ever.
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