Gengahr dream big with their debut album: “If we feel like we can do it, we’ll do it ourselves”

Gengahr have played to hundreds of thousands of strangers in their short lifetime. But the only thing on the London four-piece’s wishlist is a few tiny headline gigs. They talk making the first big steps of their own in the new issue of DIY.

“Instead of trying to win people over, it’s gonna be a different thing,” says drummer Danny Ward, speaking about debut album ‘A Dream Outside’. Before, says frontman Felix Bushe, they could “get away with murder, do whatever we want,” because nobody was paying too much attention. This is a full-length that goes for the gut, however. Zero warning, no time to get a quick cup of tea - it’s a ferocious statement of intent. Gengahr are making their introduction.

“We’ve got the bug for headline shows now,” says Bushe, the opposite of a reluctant frontman. “Even if it’s a fifty cap venue. We’ve been playing for so long without having that kind of thing - now we want it. For over a year, you’re playing to other people’s crowds and you’re trying your best to persuade them that you’re not shit. And now you get to the stage where you can suddenly say you’ve got some fans. That’s a better experience than doing any of the support stuff.”