Emotion Sickness

‘Internet’ is the second single taken from Shake Chain’s debut album ‘Snake Chain’ (out Nov 18th on Upset The Rhythm). With this track the London-based avant-punk four-piece race along with radiant headbangs of dynamic abandon, one part tumble, two parts pummel. ‘Internet’ is a jaunty stomp of a song about the differing contexts of online content. Punctuated throughout by wobbly keys and unhinged freakouts, found sounds and blasting rhythms this track boasts Kate’s questioning, resilient presence, anchoring everything.

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Snake Chain

Shake Chain - 'Internet'

Steering clear of simplistic, surface-value interpretation, the track’s mechanical propulsion mirrors the repetitive quest of technological gratification. Vocalist Leona Farrugia’s noir-tinged vocal speaks of the everyday digestion of a barrage of information, whereby an individual is coerced into a constant act of self-measurement and comparison. 

The metaphorical act of ‘feeding’ on these outwardly projected displays of ego, subtly leads the track toward the grotesque, not too dissimilar from Hitchcock’s creeping, voyeuristic cameras. The track features backing vocals from John Newton from cult South London noise-rock duo JOHN. Leona hones in on the personal relevance of the themes:

“Naturally I’ve always felt like there’s a pressure to compare myself, be that through the lens of present technologies or within the creative industry. It’s something that can be very debilitating, especially to young people in a patriarchal society”

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A Reprise (That Girl)

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Waiting

Chewing On A Wire

Interiors

Amnesia

Total Resistance - Anxiety

Here’s screensaver’s new single ‘Future Trash’, featured on the band’s forthcoming album ‘Decent Shapes’, out October 20th through Upset The Rhythm and Poison City in Australia. 

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screensaver - Future Trash

(today we're leaving 
so I wont make the bed 
this morning 
cause it's the last time 
it's being used  
said we won't be 
more together 
now we're supposed  
to be alone)

synths whistle
about earth
on suits of water
they coexist
fightingly

see the motion
on the paper
emotions want to be
on spotlight
fight for the stage x2

who gets the main role?x2
go poison
the main
actress

(it needs to leave
the warmth of cold air)

Actress

What Can I Do

ĠENN are made up of Janelle Borg - guitars (she/her), Sofia Rosa Cooper - drums (she/they), Leona Farrugia - Vocals (she/they), and Leanne Zammit - bass (she/her). Majority queer, the first iteration of the band started 10 years ago in Malta, before moving to Brighton. Over this time they have built determined bonds as a self-described sisterhood, founded on instinctive trust and affection.

It's this unique outlook and tight-knit gang mentality that make ĠENN such a thrilling proposition musically. Steering clear of simplistic, surface-value interpretation, their upcoming album "unum"  represents Latin word for oneness, unity, a sense of being whole. The debut album of ĠENN is a hard-earned statement of evolution, woven from the band’s four distinct threads of influence and identity to reveal an arresting tapestry of ambition. It follows on from their 2021 debut EP Liminal which was born of isolation, a fragmented jigsaw puzzle put together at a distance in the pandemic era. 

The project triumphed against all odds, but ĠENN knew that the EP walked so that something far greater could run. unum is the product of that long-awaited togetherness; it captures that lightning in a bottle that strikes when four distinct strains of talent – four best friends - are free to create. ĠENN have never sounded so limitless.

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