Album: Buttermilk Brine (2022)
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  • In this rootsy song, we meet Adeline, who sits with a cigarette in her hand and empty wine bottles nearby.

    "This song came about by mulling over relationships past, present, our own and those of people close to us," Graham Farrow Knibb of Farrow And The Peach Leaves told Songfacts. "It started with the line 'Call me a banjo, cause I don't mind being played.' After finishing off the chorus, I started playing with the idea of each side of a relationship that is on it's last legs."

    "In the first verse, we hear from a tired, manipulative and sad character who has ended up spending more time alone then they ever thought they'd have to," he added. "They have found more comfort and support in substances than from the partner they fell in love with. In the second verse we hear from the other face of the coin, a character facing their limit. Knowing it better to leave the situation, they decide to ratchet it up a couple notches to really make sure the top blows off. Selfish, immature and addicted to the suffering. This relationship is doomed, as are the characters, stuck in a rut and destined to repeat."
  • "Adeline" is part of Buttermilk Brine, the third album from Farrow And The Peach Leaves. The band is from Nevada City, California, led by core members Graham Farrow Knibb (guitar, vocals), Zach Peach (drums), and Leif Bonfils (bass). Evan Bailey produced the album.

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