{"title":"Gen Pop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGen Pop is an American punk\/post-punk band hailing from Olympia, Washington. With their raw and energetic sound, they have made a name for themselves in the underground music scene. Drawing inspiration from bands like Vexx, Silicone Prairie, and Class, Gen Pop brings a fresh and unique perspective to their music. Their powerful performances leave audiences captivated and craving more. If you're a fan of punk and post-punk music, *Gen Pop* is definitely an artist you don't want to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for their intense live shows and infectious energy, *Gen Pop* has gained a loyal following of fans who appreciate their authentic approach to music. Influenced by bands such as Smirk, Chronophage, and Tee Vee Repairmann, they have crafted a distinctive sound that sets them apart from other artists in the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to being compared to notable acts like Institute, Star Party, Judy and the Jerks, Vintage Crop,and Clarko; *Gen Pop* has also shared stages with renowned performers such as Why Bother?, Perverts Again,and Green\/Blue. Their collaborations with these artists further showcase their versatility as musicians.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"on-the-screen-ep","title":"On the Screen EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eUpset The Rhythm release number 100! Members of \u003cstrong\u003eVexx\u003c\/strong\u003e reconfigured, debut 7” of Olympian punk! Four voices tousle loudly as they leave the soft realm of the body, venturing out into the world. Reproduction and traditional instruments (guitars, drums, samplers, digital, voices) allow the human generation to play right now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlaying is intersubjective, we appeal to consciousness. Here in the human era we dialog, reference, and reproduce with traditional reference and frustration. Kissing lightly decided harmonies, \u003cem\u003eGen Pop\u003c\/em\u003e plays in the human generation and is from the human era. Playing used in its most remedial sense, an occasion to slap together a narrative and generate trust between each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGen Pop\u003c\/em\u003e produced a small run of tapes featuring 3 tracks from their debut 7” on \u003cem\u003eUpset the Rhythm\u003c\/em\u003e earlier this year. This 7” brings to totality the sinews and olfactory system of the \u003cem\u003eGen Pop\u003c\/em\u003e promo tape. The essence of what they are doing and not the end of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first track \"On Screen\" whinges lackaday about screen oriented living. “I’ll be chained and beaten, in a motel room its our first time meeting” shoots the moon for the loneliness of access and an end to curiosity (good riddance). Honestly though, a screen can and will be held by all. The product of exposure can be found in \"Easy\", the ballad of confused ability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lacing of \u003cstrong\u003eMaryJane Dunphe\u003c\/strong\u003e’s noise guitar, brought back to life from her days in \u003cem\u003ePolly Darton\u003c\/em\u003e, meld with \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Strother\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTheo Maughan\u003c\/strong\u003e’s air tight rhythm section. \u003cstrong\u003eIan Corrigan\u003c\/strong\u003e, playing 2nd guitar, and Dunphe vocalise together in frustration, this all should be quicker, easier. Corrigan and Dunphe played together previously in Olympia, WA’s maelstrom of punk and passion known as \u003cstrong\u003eVexx\u003c\/strong\u003e (also released through \u003cem\u003eUpset The Rhythm\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Teach Me How To\" peaks in winding energy, standing tall as a pinnacle of frustration and excess. “The poor need lessons, they’re far too crude, but what about your life? Have you known rot tooth” Dunphe cries in resistance to plutocracy and vapid hegemony. Access will be had by all, but not until the human era is over and the internet is a human right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"Dear Jackie\" simple harmonies on the guitar lap lightly at the toes of a bulky thick rhythm section that is strolling late night on the beach. Each note that Dunphe and Corrigan hit are planned to harmonise, intention over expression. Strother’s voice digs deep into choosing, choosing an ending, his pummelling drums and margin walking sense of genre helps the band approach a more lighter sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, closer \"The Wall\" can speak for itself. “I know, we’re guilty, these eyes so milky,” the powerless individual’s eyes cataract while watching an indigenous land be divided by a white contingency. And if its called white supremacy they might as well “take my head and turn it clockwise”. Needling guitar parts crescendo into a furious finale, reminding all that \u003cem\u003eGen Pop\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the last human bands are trying twice as hard to keep ahead of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Upset The Rhythm","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50471422034251,"sku":"1014612","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/616d8dad-4629-4994-9c07-ec10d5ed343f_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727402168"},{"product_id":"ppm66","title":"PPM66","description":"\u003cp\u003eGen Pop started in Olympia, Washington in 2016. Four faces in the same mirror all with a different reflection. It’s not high-brow or low-brow but unibrow. Don’t bother making musical comparisons, speak instead in terms of the mood, which, for lack of a better term, may be described as “tense”. We’ve all had the feeling of careening headlong into a wall, eyes wide but seeing nothing, so you’ll know what to expect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes the horrible paths we take will lead us to the mundane. It also feels as if we can be led to the same point to an ecstasy of truth and joy. After 2 E.P.’s and a handful of tapes Gen Pop uses all paths to create a unified sound. On \u003ci\u003ePPM66\u003c\/i\u003e their first full length, winding bass lines and vulnerable unaffected leads mark late 70s power pop sensibilities with the purity of enthusiasm that has come to be Gen Pop’s calling card. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePPM66\u003c\/i\u003e draws from all avenues of sound to create a paced out record that is looking for sonic utopia but sobers into an auditory hallucination. This record focuses on the person. Of course, in the time and space outlined by this recording we find the individual difficult to lock down. Defined by their paranoid tirades and meticulous hygiene, grocery lists and disheveled minds, the characters we meet oscillate between the familiar and the bizarre, often in the span of a single song. With dreamlike insubstantiality, they constantly morph and gyrate, their innumerable facets twinkling in the stark light of the examiner’s scope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Swell Maps, Buzzcocks, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Jay Reatard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Post Present Medium","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50513239146827,"sku":"1100212","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/e805ffc0-417a-4d77-81b9-c1246f04b947_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727922450"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/gen-pop.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}