We are Jeneric has been described as “Perfectly crafted bedroom pop” (Pop Tarts Suck Toasted), and as “Perfect, intimate, folky bedroom music for musing on your future and singing along to under your breath,“ (The Tape Is Not Sticky).

Website: www.b3nson.net/wearejeneric
Myspace: myspace.com/wearejeneric
Contact/Booking: wearejeneric@gmail.com
Releases:

Members: Jen O’Connor & Eric Krans 
playing with all some or none of the following multi-instrumentalists: Tim Koch, Dan Pardee, Louis Apicello, Alex Muro, Donna Baird, Adam Muro, & Nick Matulis.

The Story:
Many moons ago Eric met Jen in the elevator of a college dormitory.  Now, more than a decade later their music is inspired by the old haunted farmhouse in which they live and the ghosts who occasionally serenade them to sleep.  They are influenced by the sound of church bells, by Jen’s canned apple chutney, and by the wild animals that roam their farmland.  Once upon a time Jen and Eric lived in Thailand where they got caught in many monsoons, listened to lots of Buddhist chanting from the nuns who lived next door, and ate a great deal of chili peppers.  It refined their sound.  They returned to Altamont, NY where they met a bunch of Hobos who traveled with trumpets and singing saws -these were the clever multi-instrumentalists they had been scouring the world for.  We are Jeneric and Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned quickly joined forces creating what was soon to become the basis of the B3nson Recording Collective.

Press:

Local Recordings Best of 2009 -Metroland
Interesting in 2009 -All Over Albany
Top Capital Region Releases 2009 -Times Union
Favorite Albums from 2009 -Heartstack
Best of 2009 -Metroland
Interview with We are Jeneric -In Your Speakers
The Sounds of ‘08 - Times Union
2008 Annotated - Heartstack
Faves of 2008 - Times Union
A Family Affair - Metroland
We are Jeneric - All Over Albany
Band of the Week - Pop Tarts Suck Toasted
We Are Jeneric - The Tape is Not Sticky
We Are Jeneric: the Last Song Ever Written - NPR All Songs Considered