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Agency - Do We Go It Alone? EP
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Featuring current and ex-members of Hoodlum Shouts, Spartak, A Drone Coda and Tangents, Agency are one of the most original acts to emerge from Australia's capital city.
With grinding angular guitars, sludge smeared bass lines, and haywire vocals, the four-piece ooze a uniquely chaotic energy that's all their own. For fans of Hot Snakes, Fugazi, Sonic Youth and Deerhunter.
On this recording Agency are:
Shoeb Ahmad - guitar, vocals, analog synth, melodica
Hew Atkin - guitars, vocals
Josh Bates - drums, Roland SPD
Luke Robert - bass, vocals
Eadie Newman - vocals on Comatose
The 'Do We Go It Alone?' EP features 4 diverse tracks from killer kick-off 'Citizens Alone', with it's noisy Husker Du influence and race to end, to final track 'Comatose' with it's laid back Codeine stylings and big Joy Division bass. Sandwiched in between are the post-punk Aussie rattler 'Skitter', bringing to mind the tinny D. Boon guitar tones of the Minutemen or even the Fire Engines. 'Model Negative' is a backwards guitar duet of exquisite and experimental beauty that ties the whole EP together.
The songs on this EP were recorded in the hellosQuare studio, best known as Brick Lane. They had spent just a few days doing their first album in an external space back at the end of 2015 but this time decided that they wanted to develop a whole selection of new songs with more time and not rush the process. A second EP will also follow in July titled 'I Know I'm In Flames' and keep eyes and ears peeled for the next Agency album, which they are looking to record in early 2017.
The band will be playing the following Australian and South East Asian shows in support.
Australian launch shows
Canberra (EP launch) - The Phoenix, Saturday 28 May 8pm w/ Party Dozen, Yoko Oh No
Sydney - Black Wire Records, Friday 29 July
Brisbane - Sonic Masala Fest, Saturday 13 August
Malaysia/Singapore tour
Melaka - The Key, Wednesday 17 August
Penang - Soundmaker Studio, Thursday 18 August
Kuala Lumpur - Live Fact, Friday 19 August
Singapore - tbc, Saturday 20 August
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