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I Am The Agent
12+ albums
post-hardcoreindieemoalternativechills yr spine
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No linear adjectival thread of description does I Am The Agent justice. For every brutal breakdown, tortured howl and obtuse piece of twisted poetry is a gentle interlude, a sweetly subtle melody and a direct, unmistakable sentiment. The Newcastle-based four-piece weave tightly constructed rock songs. But each track feels on the verge of emotional collapse. Everything could come crashing down at any second. Theirs is a mixture of influences: jazz, folk, rock and the heart-on-sleeve chaos of their post-hardcore, post-rock and emo beginnings. Singer Michael Gale has a voice wrought with both anguish and quiet reflection. On the colossal opus ‘Birds in My Mouth’, we hear a man at the mercy of forces both external and internal – and a band that seemingly have no floor to the depths of their creative ideas. I Am The Agent’s songs are built on foundations of dynamics, the designs of which are utterly inventive and savagely engaging. And just when you think you have each song worked out, you realise I Am The Agent have different intentions. Sonically, the four members of the band have mutated the proto-folk ethos and mutated it into a much heavier creature. Somewhere in the tumult you can hear echoes of Manchester Orchestra, At The Drive-In or Bright Eyes, but any standard comparison to those acts is just as misleading. On lyrical themes, Gale offers subject matter as abstract and diverse as the band’s sound. Words by Nick Milligan, abridged. User-contributed text is
