Genaro are a band from the outskirts of Glasgow, in Scotland, consisting of Craig Snape - vocals/guitar/synths, Daryl Kellie - synths/guitar/vocals, Derek Bates - bass, Dominic Dixon - drums/guitar.
Genaro are signed to Benbecula Records , with a release put out in December 2005 as part of their new Minerals Series.
They recorded their debut album, engineered by Dave Paterson at Cava Sound Workshops in Glasgow which was released in July 2007.
Other people say:
"...Genaro are a new breed of rock band, embracing influences but not regurgitating them, using familiar sounds but adapting them to their message, creating something unique out of well known elements..."Igloomag www.igloomag.com
" This is an album of rare craft and beauty. It’s easy to listen to without all the saccharine connotations of easy-listening, combining the more blissful side of Spiritualized with the broad sonic brush-strokes of a band like Doves, with the merest hint of late 60s Californian psych-folk."The Skinny 4/5: www.skinnymag.co.uk
" This is a band that is built to soundtrack the breaking of hearts and the healing of wounds. This album is steeped in emotion: it is absolutely everywhere, from the lyrics to the almost post rock songs that build gently into a stunning but usually unforgiving landscape. But what a landscape, bleak and pastoral it may well be, but Genaro make you want to stay there for ever.. "MusicOMH 5/5: www.musicomh.com
" Genaro’s self-titled debut is one of the best shoegaze albums of 2007. Genaro’s eponymous debut is destined to establish the Carluke quartet as the cream not only of the lysergic Scottish post-rock crop, but of all guitar-based UK music."TinyMixTapes 4/5: www.tinymixtapes.com
" The introduction to the cinematic ‘Garp 52’ is really quite brilliant, recalling the hopelessness of a post rock ‘House of the Rising Sun’ with the rest of the song building into a dark country foot stomper."The List 4/5: www.list.co.uk
"this excellent debut is of the type which requires one to employ high-falutin’ adjectives such as glacial, epic and majestic in a vain attempt to fully evoke the dense atmospheric sound it showcases, which on first listen invites comparison to Heaven Up Here-era Echo and the Bunnymen, Comsat Angels, Modern English and other doomy heavy-overcoat wearing bands from the early-80s.."Nude Magazine: www.nudemagazine.co.uk
"I got to see Genaro and they are absolutely brilliant - like Interpol or Echo and the Bunnymen. They play an achingly beautiful warm-synth led instrumental midway and I'm hooked" www.culturedeluxe.com
"Genaro seem to be the kind of band who are constantly moving forward...and in many different directions at once, which is what makes them so interesting". www.moleharness.co.uk
Hey! It's good to hear from someone from Glasgow, Scotland! Thanks for the invite and maybe for listening to our songs! I soo love your songs, especially "Ocean Melody", "Losing It", "The Feeling's Gone", and "Breakout"! ÜÜÜ - nep-c -
ok here is the thing: u are great, and "breakout" is the greatest.. i just add u to top friends coz maybe u are the best group i found in here untill this day...
Such the brilliant songwriter! I like a lot of your older stuff too... Downloaded it for a few of my friends and I to ingest at our liesure... You're a true asset to the war on monotony! Thanks for being a friend...
Hi Genaro! You guys are pretty original on what you do. Keep up the dreamy soundscapes ALIVE. My personal favorite has to be The Feeling's Gone. Good luck and keep me posted on our music. Cheers
Loving the new tune lads, it's making me want to sit outside with cold beer with the volume up loud! Just a shame I cant download it to my itunes, Mr Bates, we need to discuss a purchase of the new CD! :)
Hello Genaro. I uploaded another track from the album «Symbiosis of Contradictions». That small ambient song called “Weather in Numbers” is the soundtrack for the today’s sky outside my window. Just a weak sunshine behind the grey clouds. Hope you will like it! /Ivan
Hope the sun is shining on you up there in Scotland. I'll be coming over there in June for three shows. We play St. Andrews, Edinburgh, and Irvine (near Glasgow) Come out and say hello if you can?
Tommy Allsup
‘White Label Music’ is a London based record label and collective who specialise in exposing experimental electronic music. Responsible for the ‘Electronic Bible’ series, a compilation featuring tracks from Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Boom, Billy Ray Martin & Delia Derbyshire amongst others. Mixing this with a strong hand in the Scottish electronica scene this label is at the heart of underground electronic music across the UK. In association with ‘White Label Music,’] TRONIC will be showcasing three live electronic outfits from north of the border, in a night of avant-garde, electronic tunage, not to mention a very special guest appearance from [b]Ann Shenton – Add N To X (Mute)[/b]
Ann is co-founder of ‘White Label Music,’ a label that embraces all forms of experimental music, with this being a unique billing of acts which is not to be missed. For more on White Label Music www. myspace. com/spindlewood www. whitelabel-music. co. uk
TRONIC presents: White Label Music May 8th @ The Admiral Bar (72 Waterloo St. Glasgow) 9 – 2am
Hey chaps, hows tricks with you? Im really sorry to bother you, just wondered if you were up for listening to my remix of the new Radiohead single? (You can just click below) Any support would be amazing. Thanks loads for your time, take it easy and keep me posted on your stuff.
