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When the pop in alternative rock died in the late '90s, The Kimberly Trip rushed to give it CPR. Armed with witty, sarcastic lyrics; a truckload of sparkling guitar hooks; pulsating synthesizers; urgent drums; and a female voice that captured the crooning sensuality of Garbage's Shirley Manson and the youthful innocence of No Doubt's Gwen Stefani, The Kimberly Trip was able to breathe life into a ...dying genre. While the rest of the world roared and rapped, the Kimberly Trip bounced with the adolescent energy of new wave when it was fresh and bursting in Day-Glo.

Based in Sacramento, CA, The Kimberly Trip was formed by self-confessed high-school nerds with sci-fi obsessions. The Kimberly Trip wraps pointedly funny social observations and introspective confessions around toe-tapping, pogo-inducing rhythms. The single "schoolgirlcrush" is the highlight of The Kimberly Trip's knife-sharp humorous narratives, an song of sexual awakening that wears the nerd label like a badge of honor. However, the group has a serious side as well, best exemplified by the bittersweet "GIVE UP!" and the soaring heartbroken anthem "Burn Inside my Skin"

Generation Stereotype is the latest in a long-line of acclaimed albums created and produced by the band. Here, the various ingredients which produce the Kimberly Trip's explosive chemistry has jelled into a tight, focused unit, brimming with life-affirming vibes and buoyant rock & roll that is charming and irresistible.