New song called "The Viper"!! Summer 2013

The Viper (Found a Good Place for my Love)

Waste another hundred, wasted on a feeling
Headed to the candy shop cause sugar put my baby under

Say what it is and don't lie.

Someone's got a heartbeat, wonder if she knows it
Headed to another shop, baby's got a hunger

Say what it is and don't lie

Wake up in a good mood and Donnie wants to see you
But last time he was such a jerk, now my baby's got a head wound

Say what he did and don't lie, say what it is and don't lie.

If not feeling it ever you're numb
And that's the one big reason these feeling aren't fun

Head Wound

For all inquiries, please email: genleathmusic@gmail.com.

****ABOUT GENUINE LEATHER****
Genuine Leather has been around for a while - since 2011 - but you probably haven't heard of them. That's because Chris Galis, the singer/songwriter behind Genuine Leather, has kept it mostly contained to himself, friends, and the local music scene in Austin, TX. Sure, the project has had some favorable press coverage over the years - both for their songs and their live shows - but they've never taken it that seriously. Up until now, Genuine Leather has mostly been an outlet for Galis' songwriting and a great excuse to hang out with friends who have been in and out of various bands together over the years. Weekly practices evolved into parking lot beer-for-beer drinking sessions where they'd talk about how they want to sound like The White Stripes, or Prince, or The Replacements, or Tame Impala, or Tears for Fears, and whether or not Greta van Fleet is a good band or not.

Since its inception, Chris Galis has self-released 3 full lengths, 3 EPs, and a smattering of singles scattered throughout the band’s Spotify, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud. With each release, Genuine Leather has sailed through genres and influences, at times sounding like a slacker indie blog-rockers, then sleazy guitar rock auteurs, then breezy folk-driven songsmiths, then glam aficionados, and - in their final form - synth pop enthusiasts. But no matter their reference points, at each turn, the songwriting was always the focus - Genuine Leather has and always will be in pursuit of The Great Song.

Unknowingly, Galis had pigeonholed himself as a home recording/DIY low fidelity project, and that’s not where his ambitions ended. Galis decided to dig deep on a set of songs that would be a large step forward in his own personal musical growth, and a departure for Genuine Leather.

Where, in the past, his MO was to write a song, record it as quick as possible, and release it, for this go-around, he got patient, focused in on his craft and refined his approach. He got better at the technical stuff: recording, mixing, editing. He took his time on the creative stuff: lyrics, instrumentation, arrangements. All of this led to a cohesive set of 6 songs that draw a line in the sand between it and everything that came from before.

In fall of 2022, Galis teamed up with The Animal Farm, a UK-based label, to help him refine his approach and develop other key components of being an artist that is taken seriously.

The end result is 6-song EP to be released in the Fall. Several singles will precede the full release - an effort to introduce Genuine Leather to a new fanbase and gain momentum leading up to release of the EP, Genuine Pleasure.

RELEASE SCHEDULE

Promises – Friday, February 17th
Genuine Love – Friday, April 14th
Tear It Down – Friday, June 9th
Genuine Love – Friday, August 25th
Genuine Pleasure EP - Friday, September 29th

SOCIALS

linktr.ee/genleath
genleath.com
instagram.com/genleath
twitter.com/genleath
facebook.com/genuineleathermusic
www.youtube.com/@genleathtunezz6782
tiktok.com/genuineleathermusic
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STREAM

soundcloud.com/genuine-leather
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BBqC3w6bFuJ6tJGWSm0y8?si=NOgSeVpUSaGgHNnyD5YYJA&nd=1
genuineleather.bandcamp.com
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/genuine-leather/959184394

Genuine Love

Private preview stream of "Tear It Down," out this fall on The Animal Farm.

For all inquiries, please email: genleathmusic@gmail.com.

PRESAVE "Tear It Down": https://music.genleath.com/tidpre

****ABOUT GENUINE LEATHER****
Genuine Leather has been around for a while - since 2011 - but you probably haven't heard of them. That's because Chris Galis, the singer/songwriter behind Genuine Leather, has kept it mostly contained to himself, friends, and the local music scene in Austin, TX. Sure, the project has had some favorable press coverage over the years - both for their songs and their live shows - but they've never taken it that seriously. Up until now, Genuine Leather has mostly been an outlet for Galis' songwriting and a great excuse to hang out with friends who have been in and out of various bands together over the years. Weekly practices evolved into parking lot beer-for-beer drinking sessions where they'd talk about how they want to sound like The White Stripes, or Prince, or The Replacements, or Tame Impala, or Tears for Fears, and whether or not Greta van Fleet is a good band or not.

Since its inception, Chris Galis has self-released 3 full lengths, 3 EPs, and a smattering of singles scattered throughout the band’s Spotify, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud. With each release, Genuine Leather has sailed through genres and influences, at times sounding like a slacker indie blog-rockers, then sleazy guitar rock auteurs, then breezy folk-driven songsmiths, then glam aficionados, and - in their final form - synth pop enthusiasts. But no matter their reference points, at each turn, the songwriting was always the focus - Genuine Leather has and always will be in pursuit of The Great Song.

Unknowingly, Galis had pigeonholed himself as a home recording/DIY low fidelity project, and that’s not where his ambitions ended. Galis decided to dig deep on a set of songs that would be a large step forward in his own personal musical growth, and a departure for Genuine Leather.

Where, in the past, his MO was to write a song, record it as quick as possible, and release it, for this go-around, he got patient, focused in on his craft and refined his approach. He got better at the technical stuff: recording, mixing, editing. He took his time on the creative stuff: lyrics, instrumentation, arrangements. All of this led to a cohesive set of 6 songs that draw a line in the sand between it and everything that came from before.

In fall of 2022, Galis teamed up with The Animal Farm, a UK-based label, to help him refine his approach and develop other key components of being an artist that is taken seriously.

The end result is 6-song EP to be released in the Fall. Several singles will precede the full release - an effort to introduce Genuine Leather to a new fanbase and gain momentum leading up to release of the EP, Genuine Pleasure.

RELEASE SCHEDULE

Promises – Friday, February 17th
Genuine Love – Friday, April 14th
Tear It Down – Friday, June 9th
Hello Baby – Friday, August 4th
Tear it Down – Friday, September 29th
Exactly Like It Was Before – Friday, November 24th

VIEW THE FULL EPK: genleath.com/genuine-pleasure-epk/

SOCIALS

linktr.ee/genleath
genleath.com
instagram.com/genleath
twitter.com/genleath
facebook.com/genuineleathermusic
www.youtube.com/@genleathtunezz6782
tiktok.com/genuineleathermusic
genleath.com/mailing-list-sign-up/

STREAM

open.spotify.com/artist/0BBqC3w6b…pUSaGgHNnyD5YYJA
@genuine-leather
genuineleather.bandcamp.com
music.apple.com/us/artist/genuine…leather/959184394

Released by:
The Animal Farm
EP release date:
24 November 2023

Tear It Down

Exactly Like It Was Before

Recorded live from Big Orange Studios, in Austin, TX.

Decrescendo - Live from Big Orange

Barb Wire

7 - Tear It Down Drum Playalong

5 - Hello Baby Drums Playalong

4 - So Many Ways Drums Playalong

3 - Even If I Could DRUM PLAYLONG

2 - Promises DRUM PLAYALONG

1 - Exactly DRUM PLAYALONG

"Getting Used to the Feel" was originally inspired by that weird post-COVID time where everything was slowly going back to normal, when you were doing all the things you used to do but it all felt off for a while. Now that it's 2024, the meaning of the hook has changed and it eludes to that sense of never truly being comfortable in your own skin, or your own situation. 

Written and recorded by Chris Galis
Drums by Cullen Faulk

Release date: May 15th 2024

Getting Used to the Feel

Found a Face

If you're ready for some action
I'm going for the kill now
If you think I'm only acting
Then baby take your pill
We ain't got time to speak
We ain't got time to think
You say you don't believe
And I guess you never will

But I'll be sorry always until the end

She only comes when its convenient
or fiending, she takes her time
I say things I don't mean them
Sometimes I really hate my mind

Cause I'll be sorry always until the end

Well you know I found a face y'all
And one I like
Now I got to pay the tab, check her pulse
Double check we're getting out alive

Still I'll be sorry always until the end

Found a Face

Is It True? no. 5 off of Brunch.

I had the sun in my eyes for what seemed like a long time
There was a crowd all around her, she's been on our mind
Me and the boys in the breadline, waiting for our share
Thinking of something from last night, she's been on our mind for days
All the boys wasting their time for one afternoon

Is it true? Is it true?
Are you really for us?
Is it true? Is it true?

Is it true? Is it true?
Are you really for us?
Is it true? Is it true?

I had the sun in my eyes for what seemed like a long time
There was a crowd all around her she's been on our mind for days
All the boys wasting their time for one afternoon

Is it true? Is it true?
Are you really for us?
Is it true? Is it true?

Back in the day, was it gettin all to you?
In the wash in the rain what's it coming all down to?
Will you wait in the flood in a pair of my old shoes?
In the dark by the lake, what's the matter with nothing after you?

Is it true? Is it true?
Are you really for us?
Is it true? Is it true?

Is It True?

"Keep You Waiting" no. 10 off of Genuine Leather's 3rd LP, Brunch

Hey now are your waiting, 
No one to see in this town again
Oh no easy I go
Halfway deep in this town again
Hey man the company called
No work in this cigarette town again
Hey now where she go?
No love in the heat of this town again

There's only half the time
To get in all the words
I'll fade into the next lane
To keep you waiting

Hey now are you waiting?
Headlines are keeping this town in rent
Oh no where should I go?
No words for this cigarette town again
Look of failure, see what you've done
Fault lines run deep in this town again
Like a maze of cigarette burns
No love for this cigarette town again

There's only half the time
To get in all the words
I'll fade into the next lane
To keep you waiting

Keep You Waiting

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