Never mind the Balearics: Ibiza icons A Man Called Adam tune into Teesside
Sally Rodgers and Steve Jones’s music has long been associated with blissful beach scenes. Early evangelists for the Ibizan Balearic aesthetic, and stalwarts of untold chillout compilations, as A Man Called Adam they make the sort of music people call “sun-dappled”. So it may surprise casual listeners to find that their new album, The Girl With a Hole in Her Heart, was inspired by abandoned steelworks, poisoned shellfish and the harsh North Sea winds of the Teesside coast where Rodgers grew up.
