Independent Venue Week: Insecure Men

Saul Adamczewski, co-founder of Fat White Family and frontman of Insecure Men, endured a harrowing personal collapse in 2024, spending months in a cupboard in Tulse Hill amid severe psychosis and opioid addiction. After calling his mother and undergoing withdrawal, he began rebuilding his life, reconnecting with family and bandmates. This recovery led to A Man For All Seasons, the second Insecure Men and a creative rebirth.

Recorded in the spring of 2025, the album reflects Adamczewski’s shift toward collaboration, with a band lineup including Marley Mackay, Victor Jakeman, Fat White Family’s Alex White and Steely Dan Monte. Thematically, the album confronts heartbreak, mental illness, and addiction, blending melancholic country influences with lush, narcotic lounge-pop textures.

From near-total collapse to creative revival, Adamczewski’s journey is both cautionary and redemptive—one that reaffirms his role as one of Britain’s most singular and enduring musical voices.