Adam Kirkup

Adam Kirkup is Adam. They grew up in a tiny village on the coast of Northumberland in the UK. They started writing little songs when They were very small. Their dad had an old microphone, and They would plug it into the stereo and record on cassettes. They learned to play guitar on a battered old nylon guitar that always seemed to be missing a string. In their teenage years, They played in all kinds of bands: experimental math rock, punk, jazz, orchestras. They absolutely loved the DIY attitude and the sense of creative chaos. They were lucky to find something as a teenager that made them feel 'at home'. Fast forward quite a few years, in which making music had taken a backseat to raising a family. But They would never stopped writing songs, and They would fallen back in love with their earliest experiences of songwriting: one voice, one guitar. In 2023, after more than a decade without any real public performances, They booked a coffee shop on their birthday, invited a bunch of friends, and played a load of songs They would written. They called it tender indie folk. And since then, They have had some amazing opportunities to play shows around the UK, write with some amazing songwriters (Luna Keller, Ainsley Costello, and Hein Cooper), and release a few songs. 'A Heart of Stone Can Only Break' is their first single of 2025.