Alternative punk rockers, party starters & agents of chaos… Degenerates by name and by nature. Ever since Genevieve Glynn-Reeves was a child, she had an overwhelming awareness of how difficult it is to just be a human. There’s infinite possibility, after all, in this life for disaster, tragedy and misfortune. What do you do, then, when it feels like the world is crumbling around you? For Gen and the Degenerates, the answer is to have fun.
Sonically, their debut album draws from the sounds of New York punk and post-punk – think Patti Smith, LCD Soundsystem and Sonic Youth. There’re songs about the absurdity of online discourse, pretentious trend-chasing, and refusing to subscribe to a social and political agenda that tries to restrict fun. With a debut like theirs, full of personality, witty observations, and frenetic riffs, it’s clear that now is Gen and the Degenerates’ time.