rescuing musical virtue in distress.
You can always count on A G E N T to get straight to the point and the point is timeless rock ’n’ roll bravado. Whilst the surface of that genre has undergone many cosmetic makeovers and generic reinventions, there is a thread that runs through its back story, or perhaps a sort of eternal... Continue Reading →
Whilst some bands try to write music with an eye to influencing the future and others seem happy to plunder the past, A G E N T seem more than content to live in the moment both musically and, in the case of this track, lyrically. They feel like the most natural progression of everything... Continue Reading →
Punk wasn’t built in a day, but it probably didn’t take the whole weekend. And this is the attitude that lies at the heart of A G E N T’s music, get the job done and then get the hell out of there. Fuck This Noise, a typically uncompromising statement of intent, is the sound... Continue Reading →
Advance releases should act as a teaser, a sonic signpost to a forth-coming bigger release, a taste of things to come. And on the face of it that is exactly what Stop Talking was in regards to this album as it landed in the review pile only a few days previous. But it is a... Continue Reading →
You have to love a song that sends you right back down the sonic rabbit hole, back into the body of that wide-eyed teenager that you used to be staring up at some long forgotten punk band in a now bulldozed venue in a town that you can’t remember going to. The first wave of... Continue Reading →