Gen And The Degenerates Announce Second Album 'Earthly Delights' With New Single Sex Symbol
Monday, 29 June 2026
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Derek Bremner
Gen and the Degenerates have announced their second album.
The North-west-based indie art-punks will release 'Earthy Delights' through Marshall Records on January 8, following their 2024 debut, 'ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA'.
Produced by Michael Champion, whose previous credits include Wet Leg and Swim School, and Paul Whalley, known for his work with The Wanted and Louis Tomlinson, the album will include the trio's April single Favourite Jumper. It's described as their most ambitious project so far and mixes humour with emotion to explore themes of identity, grief, sexuality and the confusion of modern life. Its title comes from a 500-year-old painting, The Garden of Earthy Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, according to the band, who said:
"This album isn’t about anything new. It’s about the same things humans have always made art about; sex and death and love and power."
Alongside the announcement, the trio have shared a new track, Sex Symbol, a sharp, synth-driven dance-punk offering that playfully dissects society's objectification and fetishisation of the female body.
"People make strange assumptions about my personality and morality based on my body." vocalist Genevieve Glynn-Reeves explained. "They think because I’m overtly feminine and curvy that I must be flirtatious or highly sexual when in reality it’s them who are sexualising something that I have no control over. I can wear the same exact outfit as a very slender person and be perceived totally differently in it. I’m pointing out the hypocrisy and taking a tongue-in-cheek look at what society expects me to be."
On how the song was created, she added: "It came about very suddenly, me and Sean were driving home from somewhere, and I started singing the hook. I got him to voice-note it while I drove, and then when we got home we spent the evening writing the rest, arranging it in Ableton. The whole thing came out like word vomit, for both of us. That was the moment, more than any other, that we knew we had something special with the album. As a result, it’s a favourite for all of us."
The band will support PUP at shows in London, Sheffield and Brighton over the next week, followed by headline dates in Wigan on July 11 and Bristol on October 3. Head here for details.
'Earthly Delights' tracklist:
1. I Used To Be Charming
2. Hotter On The Internet
3. Rich Boyfriend
4. It’s A Lot
5. It Can Always Get Worse
6. Party At The End Of The Universe
7. Favourite Jumper
8. Sex Symbol
9. We Should Do This Again Sometime
10. Honey You’re Still In The Game
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