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Generationals Share Cover of "Kid" by The Pretenders

From The Forthcoming Collection
State Dogs: Singles 2017-18 http://smarturl.it/state-dogs

From L to R: Grant Widmer, Ted Joyner
Frustrated by the conventional approach of making albums, where new songs might not be released for six months or more after being recorded, Generationals - the duo of Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner - took a more immediate approach by releasing a slew of standalone tracks throughout 2017 and 2018.

And now, for the first time, the nine singles the band unveiled digitally (along with an exclusive, previously unreleased tenth song) will receive a physical release via State Dogs: Singles 2017-18. Though the songs on this collection were conceived at various times over the past couple of years, they stand together as a testament to Generationals’ songwriting prowess and ability to craft infectious melodies at any given moment.

Today the band shares a cover of The Pretenders' "Kid".
WATCH "Kid" [OFFICIAL AUDIO]
I try not to get too hung up on heroes but I make an exception for Chrissie Hynde. I think she's the best. She is my favorite lyricist ever. As a kid in the 90s, I first saw her when the Pretenders played "Night in My Veins" on SNL and I was immediately changed. I spent years going through all of her songs. I'll never get enough. "Kid" was the second single the Pretenders ever released and it's still one of the best in a long catalogue of absolute killer songs.

Beyond being an all-time great writer and musician, I just think Chrissie has an iconic sense of style and an unapologetic way of living her life. She's a badass. This is how a badass does an interview: 
 
Roger Catlin: I'm reaching you from Memphis. I see in the autobiography that came out last year, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender, that you were arrested there once. [For disorderly conduct. On The Pretenders first US tour, she ended up in a police car and kicked out the windows.]

Chrissie Hynde: Oh yeah, I forgot about that. That's right. 

Roger Catlin: Is that the kind of thing you can forget?

Hynde: Well, I don't think about everything that happened to me every day. I went to Graceland yesterday, so I was thinking more about that. That is right, that did happen in Memphis. That's too bad.

Maybe I'd like to think that Chrissie would approve of our cover, but I think the more fitting tribute would be to just not give a shit. Long may she reign. - Grant Widmer
By now it’s no secret that Generationals have a knack for writing hooks that just don’t quit. And neither does the band – releasing four full-lengths, two EPs, and touring around the globe since forming in 2008.

It’s precisely due to this desire to keep moving forward that the duo’s members – Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner – felt something lacking in the “hurry up and wait” approach of making albums, where new songs might not be released for six months or more after being recorded.

And so, following the release of 2014’s Alix, the pair decided to forego the traditional approach of writing, recording and releasing music in one large batch in favor of putting out singles as soon as they were completed.

Says Widmer, “We can tie the energy of creating the song much closer to releasing it, which is a more satisfying feeling for us and for the audience. It's more direct. I get jealous of the way writers and video-makers can finish something and release it immediately. Releasing singles lets us get closer to that immediacy.”

Joyner adds, “We let ourselves focus on individual songs at a time, letting each idea be its own thing, letting it go where it wanted to.”

Generationals satisfied this desire by releasing a slew of standalone tracks throughout 2017 and 2018 – and now, for the first time, the nine singles the band unveiled digitally (along with an exclusive, previously unreleased tenth song) will receive a physical release via State Dogs: Singles 2017-18.

Though the songs on this collection were conceived at various times over the past couple of years, they stand together as a testament to Generationals’ songwriting prowess and ability to craft infectious melodies at any given moment.

State Dogs will be released December 7, 2018. Pre-orders available now on limited edition vinyl, CD, and digital via Polyvinyl Record Co. 
CATCH UP ON ALL GENERATIONALS 2017-2018 SINGLES

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