GENN: Reverberations

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Anglo-Maltese quartet GENN herald a new chapter in their relatively short existence through the release of their new single, Reverberations, as well as announcing some UK tour dates. It’s their first new music since their 2023 debut album, unum, and the song’s brooding and ethereal soundscapes continue their quest for creative freedom which defies any categorisation within a musical genre.

As a collective sisterhood of like-minded musicians with multi-national backgrounds, GENN have always defied any form of categorisation which is something the four band members have continued to celebrate. Their debut album released in 2023, unum, certainly proved beyond all doubt that GENN embrace so many wide and eclectic musical styles. And now the band finally release their first new music since that time through their new single Reverberations.

This brand new chapter for GENN is heralded by a collaboration on Reverberations with Savages / Jehnny Beth producer Johnny Hostile which has clearly been built on a mutual respect and admiration for each other’s work. As Johnny says in terms of his feeling for working on this new single, “It’s got that rush I love in music – chaotic, beautiful, and impossible to resist, working on it felt like chasing pure energy, capturing something wild but true.”

Reverberations is awash with cinematic imagery as Leona Farrugia’s somewhat etherial and sometimes operatic style vocals wrap around Leanne Zammit’s brooding bass lines, Sofia Rosa Cooper’s resonant drumming and Janelle Borg’s spectral and often disarming guitar lines which ebb and flow in line with the mood of the song. It’s a song which flows with an emotional charge and a vibe which shifts effortlessly between beauty and melancholy, transporting the listener into a whole new dimension. There is little doubt that Johnny hostile’s production on the song has tapped into the band’s typically idiosyncratic sound with great effect.

The single is also accompanied by its own visualiser, directed by Leona and filmed on their founding island of Malta, building on their post-colonial roots. This is something that echoes strongly through the diverse references of their sound, as Janelle explains: “In an era where people from migrant backgrounds have their culture and their music appropriated – but then discarded or even targeted – and in a socio-political climate that’s far from kind to people who look like us, we’re here to embrace what makes us different. We’re here to share it with the world – and stand on stage and have our voices, our music, our culture and the core of who we are represented without fear.”

Aside from a recent appointment as artist patrons for the Music Venue Trust, the band have also been commissioned by Brighton’s The Old Market venue to craft and present an immersive audiovisual performance exploring their unique position within colonialism which is being presented on 23rd November 2025. This will be followed by UK headline tour dates in early 2026, offering the first chance to hear GENN’s new material. The dates are as follows:

2025
October
31 Camden Assembly, London (Supporting JEHNNY BETH)

November
23 The Old Market, Brighton (Special Immersive Audiovisual Commission)

2026
February
04 The Adelphi, Hull
05 Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh
06 Zerox, Newcastle
07 YES Basement, Manchester
26 Shacklewell Arms, London
27 Alphabet, Brighton
28 The Lanes, Bristol

You can buy tickets for their live dates here.

You can download the single here or stream it here.

You can find GENN on Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp and their website.

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All words by Ian Corbridge. You can find more of his writing at his author profile here.