The Adel Gomez Band – “As Soon As Tomorrow”

Scotland isn’t the first place people point to for groove rock, but The Adel Gomez Band is doing something real up in Aberdeen. “As Soon As Tomorrow” is guitar-driven and warm, built on a classic pop sensibility that pulls from the late ’60s and ’70s. It doesn’t come across as nostalgia bait. It sounds like a band that actually grew up on that stuff and didn’t overthink it.

The song is about taking a chance on love when the outcome isn’t clear. Well-worn territory, sure, but Adel Gomez sells it with enough conviction that it doesn’t feel tired, and the line “I know it’s not easy, but at least I’ve got to try” is simple and direct. No clever wordplay, no ironic distance. Just someone meaning what they say. Talvs produced the track and his fingerprints are all over it in a good way. The arrangements, backing vocals, bass, and guitar all add up to something full and lived-in. It’s not a sparse, bedroom-recording type of thing. It’s a proper band sound.

The live history helps explain some of that confidence. King Tut’s, Mash House, festival crowds, years of headlining in Aberdeen. That background tends to come out in how a band carries a song, and it does here.

I find this more interesting than most indie rock landing in my inbox lately. Go back and listen to their earlier releases if you haven’t already, and follow the band now. The EP is coming in October and this single makes a decent case for paying attention. Are there other acts from the Aberdeen scene you think deserve the same kind of notice?