“You’ve never actually heard the correct version of ‘Genius’”.

by Felix Bartlett | Sep 05, 2024

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Nottingham-based industrial rock outfit PITCHSHIFTER has re-released its long-lost original version of their monster single ‘[NOS] Genius’. The unheard and recovered version of the track comes as a celebration of 27 years since the release of the band’s magnum opus album, www.pitchshifter.com, and comes with more than a few surprises, including killer mixes from WARGASM, ENTER SHIKARI, THIS IS MENACE and more.

During the last minute of the album mixing process in 1997, the dubby pre-chorus section of the original version of “Genius” was chopped out, taking some of the original lyrics with it. This meant that the album version of the song repeats the first line of each verse without resolving to the intended second lyric. In short: you’ve never actually heard the correct version of “Genius”. Bugged by this, the band finally get to release the original and correct version as they wrote it: ‘[NOS] Genius’.

‘NOS’ refers to “new old stock“, materials that were never released that are still unused, new, and in their original packaging. PITCHSHIFTER have applied this NOS concept to the original and correct version of ‘Genius’ that fans can now finally hear as a “new” song after almost three decades, including the correct set of lyrics.

The six-track, limited-edition, 12-inch coloured vinyl formats will only be available for purchase on the band’s U.K. November tour, and won’t be available on streaming platforms or in any other format until 2025.

Tickets to PITCHSHIFTER’s “Everything Still Sucks!” November tour 2024 can be found here.

Check out ‘[NOS] Genius’ track listing below:

A1. [NOS] Genius (PITCHSHIFTER’s original version)
A2. Genius (Enter Shikari Sound System Mix, Rou Reynolds)
A3. De-Genius (This is Menace Mix, vocals from Paul Catten, Mikee Goodman, MD Clayden)
B1. Neurogenius (Wargasm Mix, Milkie Way and Sam Matlock)
B2. [NOS] Genius (Bad USB Pitchshifter Mix)
B3. 8-Bit Genius (ChipTune Pitchshifter Mix)