Episode 349 Genre Is Death

Episode 349 Genre Is Death

From The Lydian Spin by Lydia Lunch

May 8, 2026 · 1h 18m · Season 2 · Episode 349

About this episode

The episode discusses the debut album of the noise band Genre Is Death and their journey in the NYC music scene.

Genre Is Death , a limitation-destroying noise band formed by Ty Varesi (guitar, vox) and Tayler Lee (bass, vox), release their debut album, Attractive People out May 1 2026 on In The Red Records . Their sound is abrasive yet melodic, using heavy distortion, dissonant riffs, and reverberating vocals to create music that feels both minimal and overwhelming. Their newest record Attractive People , recorded by legendary sound producer Martin Bisi , prods and pushes its listener with tongue in cheek lyrics that accuse and indict their audience, cacophonous guitar shrieks of power and madness, and bass lines that oscillate from funky to erratic dissonance. While comparisons to Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks are inevitable (and quite welcome), Genre is Death build's on NYC's legacy without repeating it… eschewing nostalgia and nihilism in favor of total sonic liberation. The duo moved from the south to NYC in August of 2023 looking for something more than their mundane lifestyle of day drinking and playing doom metal in friends' basements… Their move to NYC, coupled with their desire to express something, anything, led to the inception of Genre is Death. The…

People in this episode

Host: Lydia Lunch

Topics covered

  • noise music
  • debut album
  • NYC music scene
  • sonic liberation
  • lyrical themes
  • band formation
  • musical influences

Keywords

  • Genre Is Death
  • Attractive People
  • noise band
  • music production
  • Martin Bisi
  • Lydia Lunch
  • NYC
  • heavy distortion
  • dissonant riffs
  • tongue in cheek lyrics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: In The Red Records, Live Skull, The Art Gray Noizz Quintet

Books & works: Attractive People

Places: NYC, south

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