ABSENT FRIENDS: The Genuine Fakes

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In 2010 Real Gone gave coverage to a debut album by Swedish power pop sensations, The Genuine Fakes.   Like most sites, we found the album – although not perfect – had lots of lovable material and the band’s commercial potential was pretty big.

We heard little from them after that.  Kool Kat Records issued a hard copy of ‘The Striped Album‘ (previously only a download) and included a bonus disc.  Real Gone included a non-album track on our first full length sampler in December 2011.  …And then nothing.

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GREASY HEARTS/SUN VOYAGER – Grease Voyage (split release)

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svgh split2014 was a very busy year for Brooklyn-based garage rockers Greasy Hearts.  At the start of the year, they turned up at fledgling lo-fi label King Pizza Records with their debut EP already recorded, which the label put out straight away.  A few months later, they were back in the studio with the label’s in-house producer Seth Applebaum recording new material – the six resultant songs sharper, the performances capturing more fire than before.  Gigs were played…lots of gigs; guitarist Joey Farber also played and recorded with his other band The Jeanies.  Somehow, between everything else, the Greasy Hearts still found time to record three more tracks, released here as part of a split release with Sun Voyager for the first time.

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ABSENT FRIENDS: Wot Gorilla?

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In the summer of 2012, math rock/alt-metal act Wot Gorilla? really impressed us with their very technical third release ‘Kebnekaise’.

Many live shows followed the release of the album and the band really built up a following.  With this in mind, we expected to hear more from them – maybe hints that a new album was imminent by the end of 2014, given that a new track ‘Joints’ was posted on their Bandcamp page in July.

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Genovia Forever update EP material

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In the summer of 2014, hardcore punk band Genovia Forever released their debut EP ‘Shut Up & Listen!‘.  Their sound was raw but their energy immense.

A few months on, they’ve now re-recorded most of that EP material with a few new tracks.  It’s still got that necessary rawness, but on the newer recordings, some of the vocals are more audible and the bass is bigger.  The new recordings tie in with live dates in the US, the remaining dates of which are listed below.

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