When you find out a band is made up of members of Oathbreaker, Beecher, Rise and Fall, Wiegedood, and Blind To Faith, you prepare yourself for something heavy and unrelenting. For Supergenius, whose members have stock in all of the aforementioned bands, it is their chance to do something wildly different and flex their creative muscles in another style.

“The initial idea was to start a band inspired by Quicksand and Cave In,” explains vocalist/guitarist Ed Godby. “We pretty much stuck to that, although with all of the influences that we have as individuals that remit got ‘wider’, for want of a better word, almost straight away. I think we tuned into our own sound pretty quickly – we recorded our first EP after four rehearsals.”

The initial seeds for Supergenius were sown in 2011 when Godby, originally from Manchester, moved to Belgium and was introduced to Vince Maes through mutual friend and Converge guitarist, Kurt Ballou. “We’d hung out at a couple of shows but we weren’t in regular contact,” he reflects, before explaining how it wasn’t until 2014 that Maes asked Godby if he would be interested in doing a band with him, Wim Coppers (drums), and Mich Decruyenaere (guitar).

“It was supposed to be a side-project-y, jam a couple of times and see what happens type of thing,” remembers Godby. “The first time we got together to play I got on well with the rest of them. It was strange because I didn’t really know Vince well, and I only met Wim and Mich for the first time at the first rehearsal, which is unusual, but it was just cool straight away.”

From there, it has built into something far more than the humble beginning they intended, and they are about to release their debut album, ‘Supertired’. It has seen the band grow in sound, adding a dynamic flair to their melodic, indie-influenced rock sound. Godby says that recording the album “took far longer than the EP,” but feels they have “refined their songs a lot more,” along the way.

Given their pedigree, if you will, doing something different is a new challenge that Supergenius are enjoying right now. “I think for Wim it’s especially refreshing because he’s currently drumming for Wiegedood and Oathbreaker too, so it makes for a nice change,” Godby explains, who himself was the vocalist of noise metal titans, Beecher. “Vince is the man behind Blind To Faith, which is a really hard band! We’re all into heavy bands, but we’ve all got pretty diverse taste. Right now I’m listening to the new Ryan Adams, but just before that it was the new Power Trip, so that gives you an idea of where we’re coming from.”

As far as the songs go on ‘Supertired’, Godby reveals that they are “reflecting on what’s going on in my life right now,” and are about normal, every day things. “What I think is cool is that I try to do it in such a way that the listener can (hopefully) relate to some of the things going on with me, and some of the observations I’m trying to make with hindsight,” he continues. “I’m approaching my mid-thirties and it’s cool to see how peoples’ lives progress, the different places that friends are in now, as opposed to 15 years ago.”

One of the stand out tracks on the album, ‘A Serious Case of Imposter Syndrome’, which we are exclusively bringing you the video for below. “It’s a song about self-doubt, which is something that I think a lot of people struggle with,” says Godby of the track. “I certainly do, not to the extent that it ruins my life, but I have to be firm with myself in the face of feeling like I lack confidence in all kinds of things that I’m doing.“

Speaking of the video itself, which is a single shot video, Godby is very pleased with the results. “It was tricky to plan and execute,” he admits, but expresses his delight at the creativity of the team who filmed it, as well has having a number of friends of the band ‘act’ in it.

“You’ll notice that we, especially me, are put into awkward situations throughout the video; situations in which I’m not very comfortable,” says Godby of story behind the video. “I don’t smoke, or shoot people, and I hate having shoes thrown at me. Basically, there’s an awkward vibe from start to finish, which was intentional because it ties in with the idea of being an imposter, or having imposter syndrome. Of course it had to be cool, funny and interesting, too, which I think it is.”

As for the future of Supergenius, they apparently have some lofty ambitions. ”We are opening for Oasis on their yet to be announced reunion tour,” laughs Godby, tongue firmly in his cheek. “Other than that we just want to hang out, write music, and play out as much as we can around our otherwise very busy lives.”

‘Supertired’ is released on April 7th via Hypertension/9000 records, and is available to pre-order now.