Gene

Gene were once hailed as the likely successors to the Smiths' mournful guitar-rock throne,
but then quickly and dramatically fell out of favor. Having weathered the Britpop years,
however, the group resorted to setting up its own label to release this album. As a result
Libertine is less grandiose and more emotional than its major-label predecessors, with
lyrics steeped heavily in disintegrating relationships. Gene have lost much of the... More >