Agent - Vondelpark Single Review
Agent's newest single Vondelpark
Agent was formed in 2003 in Taranaki and were a huge part of local live scene. They were regulars in Palmerston North, with myself witnessing several of their shows. Unfortunately for us in 2008 they moved to London to take on the world.
Vondelpark was recorded in the London studio of Paul Matthews, a kiwi producer and currently the bass player of I Am Giant. This studio is where they are recording their second album and Vondelpark is one of the singles to be released before the album comes out.
They describe their music as “Heavy rock with a progressive spin”. They also quote Tool, Karnivool and Muse as some of their influences and that is very apparent in this release. I didn’t hear their first album but from what I saw of them in their live show they always tried to make every song epic in this still seems to be the case. These guys are extremely talented musicians who know what they are doing when it comes to songwriting.
The song starts off with a nice slow build up for the first minute at this point a nice chunky riff starts to stir the senses and it’s not until two minutes before there are vocals but you aren’t left bored or too anxious as it has just the right pace to keep you interested. It’s roughly three and a half minutes before there’s a chorus but it’s a ride worth taking. About a minute later it slows down again ready to take you on the tsunami wave that is Vondelpark.
Coming in at seven and a half minutes Agent shows they still have the gift of crafting epic songs. There are a lot of the Tool sounding atmospheric sounds in the quite moments which sound great. This is a beast of a song.
This is a great single and if this is any sign of what the album's going to be like it’s going to be a cracker. Check it out as a free download here on muzic.net.nz and also on their Facebook along with a few of their other tracks.
About Agent
To date the band have supported numerous acts, headlined their own NZ tours, become regulars on the London live circuit, released one album 'Expand/Contract', and 2 EP's - 'Hiatus' and 'The Pheng Nom Shakedown'.
The band are currently working on their second studio album with London based NZ producer Paul Matthews.
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