Following the release of ‘BIG HIT SINGLE,’ alt-punk collective GEN AND THE DEGENERATES today announce the release of their striking debut album, ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA set for release on February 23 via Marshall Records. Accompanying the announcement comes the release of the riotous new single ‘Famous’.
Ever since Genevieve Glynn-Reeves was a child, she had an overwhelming awareness of how difficult it is to be a human. There’s infinite possibility, after all, in this life for disaster, tragedy and misfortune. Switch on the news, and it’s all there in front of you – war, crime, climate change, economic upheaval, more than enough to make you think that to be alive is to struggle constantly.
What do you do when it feels like the world is crumbling around you? For Gen and the Degenerates, the answer is to have fun. “I don’t want to shy away from the darkness of being a human,” explains vocalist Gen (whose pronouns are she/they). “But by that merit, I don’t want to be fully consumed by it and forget to have fun and be silly and make light of it. I think it’s important to have these difficult conversations with a sense of lightness and humour.”
Through this lens, the band’s enthralling debut album ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA was born. A writhing mass of biting, off-kilter guitars, fuzzed-out driving basslines, and blown-out drums. The album carries all the grit and cross-pollination of hip-shaking desert rock with New York punk at a violent disco while retaining an undeniably British disposition.
Recorded and produced by the infamous Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, Amyl and the Sniffers, Drenge, Gang of Four), the album is a coming-of-age story seeing the band as both a tightly knit unit and as individuals, find out who they are, and what they stand for. Late nights and early mornings, sexuality, gender politics and mortality, all while surviving your twenties in a volatile and confusing world fuelled by turmoil.
Speaking on their latest single ‘Famous’ Gen says, “It’s kind of a poison pill disguised as a pop confection. It’s taking a satirical look at celebrity culture, materialism, and where we draw our self-worth from, but it’s masquerading as a sexy, unrequited love song. That’s how it began life, but we reworked the music with Ross towards a darker place, and the lyrics took a more sarcastic and satirical turn…”
ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA:
- Kids Wanna Dance
- Girls! Ft. Uninvited
- Anti-Fun Propaganda
- That’s Enough Internet For Today
- All Figured Out
- Plan B (Interlude)
- Famous
- BIG HIT SINGLE
- Post-Cool
- Jude’s Song
