The-follow up to 2018’s Alien Human Emotions, will be out on July 17 via Cool Thing Records, it was recorded with legendary recording engineer and sound alchemist Steve Albini (In Utero by Nirvana, Rid Of Me by PJ Harvey, Surfa Rosa by Pixies; too many stone-cold legends to parenthesize). Pre-order your copy here.
Whilst recording, the band split their time between Chicago, whose big honest soul superseded the garish horrifying pantomime of Trump’s America, Norway and Germany, where Brexit shame was temporarily suppressed like a bad nightmare. The 4 pieces are now back on the floundering isle of chaos that is home, nails bloody from picking the real from the farce and bursting at the guts with tales of runaway adventures, magpie wisdom and furious hope. Asylums have big new things to say.
“Genetic Cabaret was written during the most turbulent time I’ve ever experienced socially and politically in the UK,” says Luke Branch. “I’d stay up late every night binge-watching the news and political punditry and write songs all day. During writing and rehearsals, my wife fell pregnant and the huge emotional impact of that got me thinking about the world I was bringing our child into from a new perspective. I examined political history, human biology, generational divides and emerging technology in equal measure. The resulting album feels leaner musically, harder-edged and with anger and empathy in equal measure”
The band have also dropped the video for their new single "A Perfect Life In A Perfect World". Check out the album's tracklist and watch the clip below.
Genetic Cabaret Tracklist:
01. Catalogue Kids
02. Platitudes
03. A Perfect Life In A Perfect World
04. A Town Full Of Boarded Up Windows
05. Clean Money
06. Who Writes Tomorrows Headlines?
07. The Distance Between Left & Right
08. The Miracle Age
09. Adrenaline Culture
10. Yuppie Germs
11. Genetic Cabaret
12. Dull Days
