{"id":2281258,"date":"2026-02-13T23:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2281258"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:57:33","slug":"pete-fij-releases-cuckoo-and-its-accompanying-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pete-fij-releases-cuckoo-and-its-accompanying-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Fij Releases \u201cCuckoo\u201d and Its Accompanying Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-views-label\">Article Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">97<\/span>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Renowned for his unmistakable voice and wry lyrical touch, <strong>Pete Fij<\/strong>(<strong>alkowski<\/strong>) makes a welcome return with fresh solo material, unveiling songs that brim with melody, wit and understated charm.<\/p>\n<p>Pete has just released his brand new single \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bfan.link\/cuckoo-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cuckoo<\/strong><\/a>\u201d along with its accompanying music video.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the video, Pete states:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne of my favourite films of recent times is <strong>David Leitch<\/strong>\u2019s 2017 spy thriller <em><strong>Atomic Blonde<\/strong><\/em> with <strong>Charlize Theron<\/strong> kicking traitors\u2019 butts in late \u201980s neon-lit Berlin. \u2018Cuckoo\u2019 is my take on the spirit of that film, with <strong>Siousxie Sioux<\/strong> driving the getaway car as <strong>Phil Oakey<\/strong> from <strong>The Human League<\/strong> takes aim through a nighttime telescopic viewfinder. The lyrics are made up predominantly of espionage terms, though as the song progresses, they get mixed up to create their own code.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PETE FIJ &#039;Cuckoo&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6SlKeELK1A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Pete first burst onto the scene in the early \u201990s as the frontman and guitarist of post-shoegaze\/pre-Britpop band <strong>Adorable<\/strong>, whose 1993 album <em><strong>Against Perfection<\/strong><\/em>, released on <strong>Creation Records<\/strong>, is regularly referred to as a lost indie classic, with the band picking up multiple \u201cSingle of the Week\u201d awards in the <strong>NME<\/strong>\u00a0and topping the Indie charts. <strong>Noel Gallagher<\/strong> once told Creation Records\u2019 <strong>Alan McGee<\/strong> that dropping Adorable from the label was one of his biggest mistakes, whilst other artists such as <strong>Ash<\/strong>, <strong>Slowdive<\/strong> and <strong>Brian Jonestown Massacre<\/strong>, amongst others, have all expressed their admiration for the band.<\/p>\n<p>Following this, he joined up with his brother <strong>Krzys<\/strong> to form <strong>One Little Indian<\/strong> band <strong>Polak<\/strong> (<strong>Swansongs<\/strong> 2000\/<strong>Rubbernecking<\/strong> 2002), which took in influences from the likes of <strong>Sparklehorse<\/strong>, <strong>Radiohead<\/strong> and <strong>dEUS<\/strong>, and led <strong>The Independent<\/strong> to call him \u201cthe most gifted lyricist since <strong>Jarvis Cocker<\/strong> last put pen to paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There then followed a musical exile, after having what Pete now describes as \u2018a musical breakdown\u2019 before re-emerging alongside celebrated <strong>House of Love<\/strong> guitarist <strong>Terry Bickers<\/strong> to release two critically acclaimed albums as <strong>Pete Fij \/ Terry Bickers<\/strong> on 2014\u2019s <em><strong>Broken Heart Surgery<\/strong><\/em>, and 2017\u2019s <em><strong>We Are Millionaires<\/strong><\/em>, winning the Roundtable \u2018Single of The Week\u2019 on <strong>Steve Lamacq<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>BBC 6Music<\/strong> show \u2013 \u201cBeautiful\u201d (<strong>MOJO<\/strong>) \u201cUnfailingly lovely\u201d (<strong>UNCUT<\/strong>) \u201cStunning\u201d (<strong>OHM<\/strong>) \u201cBeautifully constructed\u201d (<strong>Q<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Pete Fij\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/2yW3mVlbcGayGLr5IjO7x1?si=nIabzscFRhyzv0SdwjMukw&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Adorable then reformed for a few weeks in 2019 for a series of one-off dates that sold out in record time, playing bigger venues than they did in their heyday, and then broke up again.<\/p>\n<p>After another musical hiatus, he\u2019s back:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter years of singing downbeat songs of melancholy and loss, after waving goodbye to a long-term relationship, after working at a care home during the COVID pandemic, after seeing people off from the platform of life as a Funeral Celebrant, I decided to have a reset.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Slinging back on the electric guitar, ditching the job, upping the BPMs, and falling in love again has resulted in Pete embracing his fuzzed-up dream-pop past but also throwing in elements of pop and electronica.<\/p>\n<p>Now signed to <strong>Tip Top Recordings<\/strong>, the working title of his forthcoming LP is appropriately enough <em><strong>Up\u2019s The New Down<\/strong><\/em> (to be released in 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Pete\u2019s lush and rich baritone voice has been compared to <strong>Lee Hazlewood<\/strong>, <strong>Lou Reed<\/strong> and <strong>Richard Hawley<\/strong> in the past \u2013 and fans will be pleased to hear that, if anything, it\u2019s sounding stronger, more urgent and characterful than ever.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_236676\" style=\"width: 2331px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/v13.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/pete_fij_-_cuckoo.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-236676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pete Fij \u201cCuckoo\u201d single artwork<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source v13.net \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Article Views: 97&#13; Renowned for his unmistakable voice and wry lyrical touch, Pete Fij(alkowski) makes a welcome return with fresh solo material, unveiling songs that brim with melody, wit and understated charm. 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