Gene Wildest - Spectral Terrestrial & Future Flowers (2018/2019)

Gene Wildest have been spreading their brand of space rock in and around Philadelphia since 2013. Spectral Terrestrial is the 2018 follow-up to their first release, Everything. Spectral Terrestrial marks the first concept album by Gene Wildest and tells tales of loss and returning from the dead to find your way back home to the ones that matter, all on a slushy sea of rhythmic grooves, trippy guitar effects, and fuzzy riffage.
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Future Flowers is the third full-length album from Philadelphia-based alt-rock band Gene Wildest. It's math rock-inspired psychedelic rock meant for guitar nerds and regular ol' weirdos alike. The title stems from the idea that one day we're all just going to be places for future flowers to grow, a theme pervasive throughout the band's catalog. Legends from the days of yore have declared that Gene Wildest "can channel the whole of rock history in the span of a song" (Steph Davies, WXPN's The Key, 2018). A stone tablet unearthed in Miami carried an inscription proclaiming that the band have "sonically quantified the type of music that I want to smoke weed and/or cry to" (Olivia McAuley, Too Much Love Magazine, 2018). An ancient burial urn exhumed in 2018 featured a single inscription, reading "I know it sounds crazy, but Gene Wildest are an absolute delight from beginning to end" (Steve Howe, Outlaws of the Sun, 2018). Whispers through the trees of ancient forests have been heard, uttering that "I like that one song with that pretty part" (our moms, once). In short, if you enjoy sick guitar riffs, sultry bass lines, and dope beats, then you'll enjoy Future Flowers. Your mom might, too.