North-west based indie art-punk trio Gen and the Degenerates unveil a brand new single in the form of energetic, bi-affirming track ‘Favourite Jumper’, available now via Marshall Records. The tune arrives ahead of their tour supporting Hyphen next week.

‘Favourite Jumper’, produced by Michael Champion (Wet Leg, Swim School) and Paul Whalley (The Wanted, Louis Tomlinson) was born out of frustration. The expectations placed on women to be pure, agreeable, and quiet remain ever present, especially against the backdrop of rising right-wing political discourse across the nation. Gen and the Degenerates stand firmly against those outdated notions.

“Whenever the right wing is on the rise there is this puritanical pressure placed on women to be virtuous. Women are villanised for being overtly sexual and treated as if they don’t have agency or control over their own bodies.” States vocalist Genevieve Glynn-Reeves.

The track additionally speaks to bisexual identity erasure, challenging the persistent idea that queerness can be diluted or unvalidated depending on the gender of a partner.

“We see this reflected in rhetoric around bisexual women settling down with men and almost relinquishing their queerness to try and feel safer. I think this is the perfect time to rebel against that and be as slutty and queer as possible. And so this is really just a fun party song of sorts, from the point of view of a bisexual person (guess what – it’s me), discussing previous experiences in a fun way, but also attempting to reconcile an honest and healthy relationship with a partner, with the totality of that sexuality and sexual history.”