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GENESIS OWUSU
releases deluxe version
of debut album
MISSING MOLARS
(SWNT DELUXE)

+ Shares visuals for
new single “THE FALL” 

out now via OURNESS & HOUSE ANXIETY

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GENESIS OWUSU // Photo Credit: Byron Spencer

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ARIA-nominated, Ghanaian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu today returns to share Missing Molars, a five-track deluxe accompaniment to his globally acclaimed debut album, Smiling With No Teeth, out now via OURNESS / House Anxiety.

As a continuing fruition of songs to come from the SWNT writing sessions, “The Fall” opens the Missing Molars collection with complimenting visuals. Slick rhythms and synth futurism marries Owusu’s trademark falsetto, fuelling a pulsing and restless energy. “What Do I Fear” follows with a core punk aesthetic, seeing a raw and distorted guitar play in a backroom, as Owusu snarls in the forefront, before transcending into a vocoded dreamlike state. 

Recently released single and video, “Same Thing” appears next, flowing with addictive bass flicks, wobbly synths and rich production. Owusu’s magnetic presence glides between effervescent harmonies, affirming raps and a poetic cross, before segueing into the delicate chimes of “Fallen Branches”. Gently crashing cymbals frame a warm and astutely unpredictable brand of funk, that further binds Owusu’s mastery. Final track, “Crosses” is marred by a blistering guitar lick and affected chorus, as Genesis croons, ‘everybody has a cross to bear’between fire-speed raps.

Genesis Owusu on the deluxe: “Missing Molars is an extension of Smiling With No Teeth. A small collection of tracks from the SWNT sessions that take the already established world-building groundwork of the album, and expand that universe into new and unexplored places.These are all tracks that I felt were special in their own right and needed to be shared. This is music without boundary.”

Joining the full deluxe today, Genesis Owusu also shares the striking visual for lead single, “The Fall”. The music video was filmed at Phoenix Central Park, an innovative space for collaboration and live exchange, made in creative partnership with directing duo VERSUS (Jason Sukadana & Tanya Babic). Set amongst the unique architecture and ambience, Phoenix provides a strikingly unique backdrop for Genesis Owusu’s bold and eclectic performance, taking the track’s pulsing intensity to a new level.

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“There was a real sense of symbiosis on this project, when we first met with Kofi our ideas for the film meshed perfectly with the themes in a track he had just recorded,” VERSUS co-director, Jason Sukadana says. “When Kofi is in the room, you know you are in the presence of greatness. He’s truly one in a billion. His immense talent and groundbreaking vision will resound for generations,” co-director Tanya Babic adds.

As the epilogue to 2021’s debut LP Smiling With No Teeth, Missing Molars reaffirms Owusu’s soul-bearing narrative, an intuitively dissected and reassembled portrait of mental health, resilience and race as part of his burgeoning discography. Smiling With No Teeth was released in March to mass acclaim, including covers with Acclaim, and NME Australia, feature album on triple j, FBi, Triple R and Radio Adelaide and praise from The Needle Drop, Line of Best Fit, The Guardian, Teen Vogue, Rolling Stone, T Magazine, The Monthly, The Australian, ICON and many more. Owusu next embarked on a sold-out national tour, and shared an intimate account of how Smiling With No Teeth came to life, releasing an in-depth look behind the LP within his Beat x Beat episode made in collaboration with Beats by Dre and directed by Riley Blakeway (“The Other Black Dog” and “Gold Chains”). Followed by a “Gold Chains” remix at the hands of Harvey Sutherland, plus an accompanying visual by 3D self-taught digital artist and musician Serwah Attafuah, there has been no stopping the trailblazer on the rise.

The debut album marked the first extended release since 2017’s Cardrive EP, which launched a career that has seen Owusu collect two ARIA nominations, gain attention from tastemakers Sir Elton John & Anthony Fantano and feature across the country’s most iconic festival stages including Groovin’ the Moo, Spilt Milk, St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, Splendour in the Grass, Field Day, Falls Festival and Meredith Music Festival. Also making his Like A Version debut back in February, Owusu headed into the triple j studio to deliver a powerful rendition of Sex Pistol’s anthem, “Anarchy In The UK”, alongside the album’s debut single, “Don’t Need You”. Making his return to TV, Genesis joined Sunshine coast punk band, The Chats on the third season of ABC’s The Set. Check out the episode on ABC iView now.

Next, Genesis Owusu and The Black Dog Band will perform as part of Vivid LIVE’s 2021 program on Thursday, August 19th, joining Astral People’s 10th Birthday show alongside Hiatus Kaiyote, Cosmo’s Midnight, DJ Seinfeld and more. 

A phenomenally crafted afterword that accompanies a stellar debut album, absorb the thought-provoking finery of Missing Molars from Genesis Owusu today. 

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MISSING MOLARS is out now
via OURNESS / HOUSE ANXIETY
BUY/STREAM HERE

“THE FALL” music video is out now
WATCH HERE

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MISSING MOLARS
TRACKLIST

1. The Fall
2. What Do I Fear
3. Same Thing
4. Fallen Branches
5. Crosses

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Website – Facebook – Twitter – Instagram

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AMNPLIFY – JC