Poetic Justice

The creative output of Manchester’s Freak Slug – the musical project of multi-disciplinary artist Xenya Genovese – is fuelled by authentic self-expression, a quality also attributable to the city and its residents. Her distinctive debut I Blow Out Big Candles (2024) came after a move back to Manchester from Barcelona. We asked the self-proclaimed “introverted-extrovert/avoidant…