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9 February 2024

Band: AGENDER
Who: Quartet with Australian songwriter (now living in Los Angeles) and musician Romy Hoffman. They make schizo, synthy, paranoid, post-punk with a dash of dysmorphic desire. And fans? They revel in their sweeping existential terror that comes with a fetish for femininity. So far they released 2 albums Fixations (2014) and No Nostalgia (2022).

New Single: JEANS

It’s a desperate but endearing love song for modern times. Signature pounding drums and distorted guitars open the track with lyrics that cut to the chase, “I wanna know where your jeans have been / Oh baby, please tell me everything / I wanna know what your lips have done / give me the names of everyone.” Essentially, the song asks, “what’s your body count?” a rather crass question more common in recent years, but Hoffman isn’t a fan of this term. In Hoffman’s ideal world, the word “jeans” would signify the juicy–”how many places have your ‘lucky’ jean.”

Photo credit: Chris Mastro

TUTV: Expect unbridled punky/funky electricity delivered with genuine gusto and spontaneous bravado. Think early Sleater-Kinney and L7. Irresistibly catchy as hell,
inflamed with rough guitar riffs, bang-on drumming, Hoffmann‘s deadpan vocals and zippy harmonies. Spicy and saucy flow. Top-tier tune! It’ll make your jeans fit better.

Hoffmann about the accompanying video that she directed: “We’ve made a lot of music videos but none feature us, solely, playing as a band, in a studio. We thought it was about time we let the band shine and allow the song to pop.” While the band performs the song, a pillow fight of sorts breaks out, but using jeans instead of pillows, putting the band’s whimsical side on display.”

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