GEN AND THE DEGENERATES NEW ALBUM OUT NOW – ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA

“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,” 

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 platformsPurchase Limited edition vinyl bundles – HERE.

TOUR DATES
FEBRUARY 2024
W/ FLOGGING MOLLY

16 Mashantucket CT, Foxwoods Resort Casino, The Great Cedar Showroom
17 Montclair NJ, The Wellmont Theate
18 Atlantic City, NJ, Sound Waves at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
20, Norfolk VA, The NorVa
21 Richmond VA, The National
23 Charles Town VA, Hollywood Casino Event Centre
24 Jim Thorpe NY, Penn’s Peak
25 Huntington NY, The Paramount
27 Winston-Salem NC, The Ramkat
28 Chattanooga TN, The Signal

MARCH 2024
W/ FLOGGING MOLLY

1 Nashville IN, Brown County Music Centre
2 Madison, WI, The Sylvee
3 Green Bay WI, EPIC Event Center Green Bay
5 West Des Moines IA, Val Air Ballroom
6 Davenport IA, Capitol Theatre
8 Kansas City, MO, Uptown Theatre
9 Mulvane, KS, Kansas Star Casino
10 Lincoln, NE, Bourbon Theatre
12 Boulder, CO, Boulder Theatre

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