Adult. Entertainment

When performing live, the group has been known to begin shows with the Gimmie Trouble song "Disappoint the Youth," perhaps a pointed statement considering that certain older singles — such as "Hand to Phone" — no longer are presented with regularity, and if they are, it's with stripped, spare interpretation. Adult. does perform more perversely robotic songs, including "Skinlike" and "Glue Your Eyelids Together" — peppered with jarring, compact guitar; atonal synth motifs; and feverish, insistent vocals. The strangulated caterwaul brings to mind Fad Gadget and Magazine meet Einstürzende Neubauten and Bauhaus. Change engrosses the members of Adult. as if they were kids at play, and when live, the threesome are so mutually enraptured they seem almost disassociated.

"I feel now we've crossed over from singles producers into a band," concludes Miller. "Of course, there are those people who will recognize more 'familiar' instrumentation on Gimmie Trouble, and since that supposedly indicates it's not attempting to be more 'challenging,' some might say it's less 'mature.' But it's just some changes in instrumentation. We're not afraid to switch things up, because we'll always be Adult."

Adult. is lost in futurism's flora

Details

performs Thursday, December 1. Tickets cost $10, and doors open at 11:00 p.m. For more information, call 305-576-1988.

Soho Lounge, 175 NE 36th St, Miami

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