Genevieve

Fusts first record Evil Joy was a bitter domestic drama obsessed with the kitchen-sink passage of time measured by moments of leaving and returning. With Genevieve, we find a different kind of leaving: leaving behind, leaving ones old ways, starting anew, a small life together, in Family Country. Thus, Genevieve: an historical name for both the saintly and the ordinary, the peasantry and the family, the community and the wife, extreme devotion and absolute forbearance. While sonically and instrumentally louder than Evil Joy, Genevieve is thematically more quiet about its painsmore settled in its ways. It is a collection of pathetic love stories written in dedication to small life, moving from gentle exceptions (I can take the late hours if youre with me) to pitiful admissions (Im never going to change when I leave). What comes with a quiet life? The highest forms of beauty, but we also find here songs of unspeaking companions, the sublime dread of having children, the balance of humility and humiliation, playing the fool for the greater good, and budget birthday parties. With these stories of possible growth, Genevieve cant help but also feature tried and true examples of crisis and repression: seeking a bygone lifestyle in an old friend who hasnt changed much over the years, pissing contests, search parties as the form of community for melancholics with no clue what theyve lost, old flames you won't let go and dying flames you wont admit.Genevieve was recorded throughout 202

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Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Fust
Release Date: 08 December 2023
Genre: Alternative
Label: Dear Life Records
Distributor: MGM Music