Adult DVD Real Tree Lee is today’s “Allow Us To Introduce You To” pick — a hypnotic art post-punk jolt out of Leeds, England.
If you like your guitars gritty, your synths strobing, and your frontman talk-singing like he’s narrating a bad decision in real time, say hello to Adult DVD (six-piece chaos crew) and their latest, “Real Tree Lee.”
Meet the band
Hailing from those blue skies (and grey nights) of Leeds, Adult DVD sit right in that sweet spot: post-punk attitude with an alt-synth engine underneath. Harry Hanson is the voice at the center — spunky, sharp, and weirdly mesmerizing in the best way.
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Full Adult DVD line-up (the Leeds six-piece):
- George Manson — bass
- Harry Hanson — lead vocals
- Greg Lonsdale — synths + backing vocals
- Danny Blackburn — guitar + synths
- Jake Williams — synths
- Jonathan Newell — drums
Who is “Real Tree Lee”?
The tune’s basically a character study with knuckles. “Lee” is the kind of guy the band never wants to become — someone tangled up in drugs, religion, and guns, with a brain rotting in the worst corners of the internet.
The band put it like this in a press release:
“Lee is a guy that we never want to become, let’s make that clear! This tune goes out to all the blokes who keep it blokey and delve too far into the cretin side of the internet, guys that believe every sub Reddit post they read, dudes that base their entire lives around some bonkers right wing conspiracy and live in fear of 5G. When it comes to Lee, what you see isn’t a what you get, and what you get is much darker than you’d expect.”
The video
The “Real Tree Lee” music video was directed by Danny Blackburn, Greg Lonsdale, and Matthew Henderson-Newbury — the trio keeping it scrappy, direct, and perfectly on-theme.
Quick hits before you press play
- Sound: art post-punk + alt-synth pulse
- Energy: blokey commentary with a dark undercurrent
- Label move: Fat Possum Records era begins here
Without further ado: get into the Adult DVD groove. The inescapable “Real Tree Lee” video is featured below.
For more on the artist/brand, visit: https://adultdvd.ffm.to/realtreelee.
Is “Lee” a character you’ve met in real life… or just online? Comment below.
