Midwestern Minutes [LP]

Defiance Ohio - Midwestern Minutes [LP]

Genre Is Death is an uncompromising noise duo made up of Ty V (guitar vox) and Tayler Lee (bass vox). Their sound is abrasive yet melodic using heavy distortion dissonant riffs and reverberating vocals to create a wave of boldly hypnotic noise. The duo have been compared to the likes of Sonic Youth and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks yet have managed to create a sound that is distinctly their own avoiding mimicking the zeitgeist of decades before. Beyond the integrity of their music Tayler’s intimidating glare or Ty’s staggering gait the duo share something truly inimitable— the overwhelming feeling that their music is a byproduct of the high esteem they hold of each other. The duo moved to NYC in August of 2023 looking for something more than their mundane suburban 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 pair hit the ground running playing anywhere and everywhere they could… however it was only after a chance encounter with 80s noise forerunners Live Skull that the pair was introduced to the strange underbelly of NYC noise and began playing regular gigs with The Art Gray Noizz Quintet and Lydia Lunch. In 2025 the pair played New Colossus Festival toured with Gogol Bordello embarked on their first East Coast tour and played gigs with Cherubs Bush Tetras and Jon Spencer. Their upcoming record was recorded with legendary sound engineer Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth Swans). 1. Floodwaters 2. The White Shore 3. A Lot to Do 4. Cigarettes 5. Hairpool 6. Dissimilarity Index 7. The Reason 8. Her Majesty's Midwestern Islands 9. Diamonds Theme Song 10. You Are Loved 11. Everyone Else on the Other Side