Annette Geneva

The Dead Weather’s Horehound: Swamp Gospel for the Unprepared

Written In Reverb: Annette Geneva descends into Horehound — a dark, immersive exploration of power, desire, and identity...

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How Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American Taught Us to Feel Loudly

A love letter to Jimmy Eat World’s Bleed American — emo’s most generous masterpiece,.

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Spoon's Gimme Fiction: The Album That Rearranged Me

Annette Geneva reflects on Spoon’s Gimme Fiction — a cult classic that still burns. Not a love letter, but a thank-you note to its lasting impact.

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The Space Between Years: Butch Walker’s Peachtree Battle & the Shape of Losing a Parent

Butch Walker’s Peachtree Battle — an EP written in the shadow of losing a father.

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On DMA’S The Glow, Sydney, and the Beautiful Stupidity of Wanting More

For AusMusicMonth, Annette Geneva writes a luminous Written In Reverb essay on DMA’S The Glow.

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Still Bleeding Softly: 10 Years of Sufjan Stevens' Carrie & Lowell

Annette Geneva explores Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell in Written In Reverb: a moving look at grief, memory, and the album’s lasting emotional power.

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How Manchester Orchestra Taught Us to Sit With Discomfort

A Written In Reverb essay on Manchester Orchestra’s debut, exploring discomfort, vulnerability, and why I’m Like a Virgin Losing a Child still matters.

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Neon on Skin, Needle Down: A Love Letter To Metric's 'Fantasies'

Through Annette Geneva’s lens, 2009 comes alive again — neon-lit nights, sticky dance floors, and Metric’s Fantasies pulsing through it all.

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Still Listening: Frightened Rabbit’s Painting Of A Panic Attack

Annette Geneva's Written In Reverb is a personal column about the records that resonate through time—haunting, healing, and holding us when we need them most. In this first instalment, she writes a love letter to Frightened Rabbit’s Painting of a Panic Attack and the echoes left behind by Scott Hutchison’s voice.