{"id":44750,"date":"2026-03-19T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44750"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:37:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:37:51","slug":"genre-is-death-are-nycs-noisiest-new-obsession-and-they-want-you-to-meet-attractive-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44750","title":{"rendered":"Genre Is Death are NYC\u2019s noisiest new obsession \u2014 and they want you to meet \u2018Attractive People\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you haven\u2019t heard of Genre Is Death yet, that\u2019s about to change \u2014 and loudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brooklyn-by-way-of-suburban-doom duo of Ty V (guitar, vox) and Tayler Lee (bass, vox) just dropped their new single <em>Attractive People<\/em> b\/w <em>Cold Man<\/em>, and it\u2019s exactly the kind of abrasive, hypnotic noise that makes you feel like the city is alive and slightly unhinged around you. Which, honestly? Same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/evlbF0ZZP38?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donita Sparks of L7 said it best: \u201d<em>Attractive People is both menacing and sexy, living in the dark urban corners where the roaches still roam.\u201d <\/em>Lydia Lunch \u2014 who knows a thing or two about beautifully ugly music \u2014 called them<em> \u201cSexy Southern Fried Psycho-Sludge\u2026 heavy as hell, wonderfully weird and absolutely irresistible.<\/em>\u201d Cynthia Sley of Bush Tetras rounds it out with \u201c<em>a whirlwind of grinds, squalls, screams and power.<\/em>\u201d When those three women co-sign your sound, you pay attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The origin story is as NYC as it gets. Genre Is Death packed up their suburban day-drinking-and-doom-metal existence and moved to New York City in August 2023 chasing something more. A chance encounter with 80s noise forerunners Live Skull cracked open the strange underbelly of the NYC noise scene, and suddenly they were sharing stages with The Art Gray Noizz Quintet, Lydia Lunch, Cherubs, Bush Tetras, and Jon Spencer. In 2025 alone they hit New Colossus Festival and toured with Gogol Bordello. Not bad for a couple of kids from the suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their comparisons to Sonic Youth and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks are earned, but Genre Is Death aren\u2019t interested in cosplaying the past. They\u2019ve carved out something distinctly their own \u2014 a sound that Ty and Tayler describe as a direct reflection of the deep mutual respect between them. You can feel it. That\u2019s the thing about music made from genuine connection; it hits different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their debut album, also titled Attractive People, drops May 1 on In the Red Records \u2014 and it was recorded with none other than Martin Bisi, the legendary engineer behind records by Sonic Youth and Swans. No pressure, no big deal, totally fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the vinyl heads: a limited edition 7\u201d will be available in person only at their album release show on May 3 at Madame X in NYC. You\u2019ve been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Catch them live \u2014 they\u2019ve got a Southern run supporting Lydia Lunch before the big NYC release:<br>\u2219 4\/16 \u2014 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves<br>\u2219 4\/17 \u2014 Austin, TX @ Far Out Lounge<br>\u2219 4\/19 \u2014 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia (+ Mike IX of Eyehategod)<br>\u2219 4\/20 \u2014 Birmingham, AL @ Saturn Club (+ Mike IX of Eyehategod)<br>\u2219 4\/21 \u2014 Atlanta, GA @ 529<br>\u2219 4\/22 \u2014 Asheville, NC @ Fleetwoods<br>\u2219 4\/23 \u2014 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506<br>\u2219 4\/24 \u2014 Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong<br>\u2219 4\/25 \u2014 Philadelphia, PA @ Ruba Club<br>\u2219 5\/3 \u2014 New York, NY @ Madame X \u2014 Album Release Show<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/avyejqa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Attractive People<\/a> <\/em>is out May 1 on In the Red Records. 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