These guys are all about Rites Of Spring and Embrace from the sound of it, and good for them. It’s about time people remember where the real punk rock’s at.
Full-on Mod-rockin’ good times – garagey guitars jerking about, organ wailing, vocals howling – The Agenda! work up a sweat and miss some notes along the way.
Like most of the other Elephant 6 related stuff I’ve heard, this seem an attempt to write Smile, Brian Wilson’s ill-fated, unfinished follow-up to Pet Sounds.
This mix of Southern-fried garage blues, sing-song female vox, and the get-down-on-yer-knees-and-worship-at-the-alter-of-fuzz moment takes ’em outta the box.
Ever wonder what it woulda been like to hear Sgt. Pepper’s… without knowing that The Beatles were mad geniuses and you’re kinda supposed to just go with them?