SUPERGENIUS have today premiered a brand new video for the track A Serious Case of Imposter Syndrome, taken from their upcoming album, Supertired. The album will be released in April via a collaboration between Hypertension Records and 9000 Records.
WATCH THE VIDEO VIA PUNKTASTIC HERE!
The single shot video was directed and filmed by Evans and Crank and sees the band - and friends - navigate their way around a series of awkward and unusual situations. "It's a song about self-doubt, which is something that I think a lot of people struggle with," vocalist, Edward Godby tells Punktastic "I certainly do, not to the extent that it ruins my life, but I have to be firm with myself in the face of feeling like I lack confidence in all kinds of things that I'm doing."
SUPERGENIUS is a Belgian-based four piece, who draw influence from indie and punk bands spanning the last three decades of alternative music. Comprising of four middle aged white men, each teetering on the edge of a mid-life crisis, and with an eclectic collective back catalogue between them, SUPERGENIUS have been meeting monthly for the past two and a half years to collaborate and create. Staving off the purchase of motorbikes a little longer, in December 2014 the band released a 4-track EP which coincided with their live debut. Markedly different to the output of their other bands - Oathbreaker, Wiegedood, Rise and Fall, Beecher - SUPERGENIUS delves into the musical pool that shaped these guys' record collections and musical outlook.
Fans of related bands may have their interest piqued by SUPERGENIUS; they are warned against expecting anything particularly similar, but encouraged to explore the component parts that have led these gentlemen down this sonic pathway
"I guess the lyrics are about self reflection, about everyday things and also some not-so everyday things," explains vocalist, Edward Godby, "And in terms of singing, well, I'm not angry enough about anything to shout my head off,and too old to pretend, even for a minute, that I am."
Whilst SUPERGENIUS are not likely to be winning accolades for being dangerous and edgy, there is still a distinct passion and energy contained within Supertired. And although far from being cathartic or abrasive, it is resolutely something the band felt compelled to create.
Supertired was recorded by Hein Devos and SUPERGENIUS at De Kreun, Kortrijk, Belgium, and mixed by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden, San Francisco California, USA, before being mastered by Lewis Johns at The Ranch, Southampton, England.
1. All That's Gold
2. Charmer
3. Watch The Water
4. Their Designs
5. Acrobatics
6. Know Your Knots
7. Drifting Tonight
8. Kinda Wooden
9. Rust and Spit
10. A Serious Case of Imposter Syndrome
Supertired by SUPERGENIUS will be released on April 7, 2017 - pre-orders are currently available HERE.
The band will perform the following shows in support of the album, with more to be added in due course.
14/4/2017 - De Kreun, Kortrijk, BE
15/4/2017 - Muziekodroom Club, Hasselt, BE
2/9/2017 La Zone, Liège, BE
SUPERGENIUS is:
Wim Coppers (drums)
Vincent Maes (bass)
Edward Godby (guitars, vocals)
Mich Decruyenaere (guitars).
