 Microwave have announced their long-awaited fourth full-length record Let's Start Degeneracy, the record is out 26th April 2024 via Pure Noise Records. Its title, taken from a conservative politician's take on drugs in 1970, captures the band's newfound liberated spirit, and its tracks play by no one's rules but their own. At various points the Atlanta trio pull together a multitude of influences ranging from ambient pop and R&B to psychedelia and yes, even Sublime. To celebrate the announcement the band have released brand new single 'Bored Of Being Sad'. Watch video for 'Bored Of Being Sad' HERE or by clicking the image below.  Lyrically, Let's Start Degeneracy is loaded with revelations, some of which came to vocalist/guitarist Nathan Hardy after experiences with ayahuasca in Peru with drummer Timothy "Tito" Pittard. As the pandemic wound down, the two reconvened with bassist/vocalist Tyler Hill and together, found their way back to being Microwave again.
“It’s about letting go of attachments and behaviours that aren’t serving you and trying to shake off your programming and not be motivated by fear and guilt and shame,” says Hardy. “It’s about learning to be happy and take care of yourself.” "Bored of Being Sad" finds Hardy musing on being a band in the biz––"I was dead, I was looking for companies to sling shirts at the funeral"––and how the idea of 'sadness' has been romanticized instead of being treated as something to resolve. Musically, it's right up there with one of their most popular tracks, "Lighterless," in its midtempo mastery; Hardy actually wrote this track in the Much Love days, but it didn't feel complete until he revisited it when working on Let's Start Degeneracy.
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