Gen and the Degenerates UK Tour May 2024
"This is how you do a debut album… It’s equal parts funny, pithy, wry and sharp..." – KERRANG!
“…a high-octane blast of big riffs and disco beats… this record will have them on the dancefloors all year.” – NARC
“Reminiscent of The Runaways in their prime, this song demands to be played loud and screamed along to.” – Far Out Magazine
"This is a fully-formed debut, right down to a central theme and way of expressing it." – The Soundboard
GEN AND THE DEGENERATES announce a run of UK tour dates supporting the release of their striking debut album, ‘ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA’ via Marshall Records. A complete list of dates can be found below. More information and tickets can be found – HERE.
‘ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA’ is available in Spatial Audio via supported streaming platforms. Fans can purchase limited edition vinyl bundles of the album –HERE.
While currently on tour in the US with Flogging Molly, vocalist Genevieve Glynn-Reeves (she/they) commented on the upcoming UK run, saying,
"We are enjoying our time in the US, making new friends, but we're also thrilled to return to the UK to perform for our long-time fans. I hope everyone has been revising the album lyrics so we can scream them together every night! As it's our headline tour, we'll bring all the usual chaos on the road with us and some extra special silliness.
"It's been a while since we've headlined, and we're excited to perform all the new material live. Remember to bring sunglasses for post-cool! If you haven't been to our show before and don't understand, just bring some sunglasses, and you'll find out. "
MORE ON GEN AND THE DEGENERATES
AND ‘ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA’
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 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, 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.
Sonically, their debut album ‘ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA’ draws from New York punk and post-punk sounds – think Patti Smith, LCD Soundsystem and Sonic Youth. “The key with them all is that they can be obtuse and artsy or whatever, but they’re not afraid to just write a pop song,” guitarist Sean reasons. The record has its eyes open and its tongue sticking out, bursting with witty takes on the messiness of twenty-something life in a system stacked against you.
With a debut like theirs, full of personality, witty observations, and frenetic riffs, it’s clear that now is Gen and the Degenerates’ time. ‘ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA’ is now on Marshall Records and available in Spatial Audio via supported streaming platforms—purchase Limited edition vinyl bundles – HERE.
2024 UK TOUR DATES
MAY
23 McChullis, Glasgow
24 Bearded Theory Festival, Derbyshire
25 Stones Throw Festival, Newcastle
29 The Prince Albert, Brighton
30 Signature Brew, London
31 Rough Trade, Bristol
JUNE
01 Bodega, Nottingham
’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
Gen and the Degenerates
Genevieve Glynn-Reeves (She/They) – Vocals / Sean Healand-Sloan (He/They)– Guitar / Jacob Jones (He/Him) – Guitar / Evan Reeves (He/Him) – Drums / Jay Humphreys (He/Him)– Bass
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