Origen: E.E.U.U., Los Ángeles
Formados: ?
Estilo: Post-black
Temática: Emociones, experiencias humanas e introspección
Enlaces: Bandcamp, deezer, facebook, instagram y spotify
Miembros:
- Dan Meyer Guitarra y voces
- Kern Haug Percusion
- Leah B. Levinson Bajo y voces
- Richard Chowenhill Guitarra
Discografía:
- The Circle Chant EP 2022
- Look, Pt. 1 Single 2023
- The Glory of the Ocean Single 2023
- Relier Single 2023
- Agriculture CD 2023
- Living is Easy Single 2024
- In the House of Angel Flesh Single 2024
- Living Is Easy / The Circle Chant EP 2024
LIVING IS EASY / THE CIRCLE CHANT (2024)
Agriculture se dieron a conocer el pasado año con un álbum homónimo que sentó las bases de un sonido ciertamente complejo que encuentra continuación en este nuevo EP. Quién esté un poco relacionado con el sonido de banda sabrá que Agriculture no ofrecen un sonido black al uso, hay mucho peso de elementos experimentales y la filosofía positiva de la banda a través del sonido heavy acaba por impregnar este nuevo trabajo. El Ep se divide en ocho temas, lo cuatro primeros tienen un componente esotérico, centrado en el budismo y el servicio a la comunidad a través del sacrificio, encontramos un sonido complejo en donde se adentran por terrenos experimentales y ocultista con algunas disonancias como protagonistas, equilibrando ese tono directo y crudo con otro más accesible, ejerciendo tanto las voces una labor catalizadora a la hora de mezclar las limpias con las más metal, así como el trabajo de guitarras capaces de sonar crudas pero con desarrollos que aportan cierto tono de melodía. La segunda parte se muestra si cabe más complejo con una lucha entra la luz y al oscuridad, ofreciendo un buen número de elementos post, en forma de temas más extensos y largos que permiten que los temas se sumerjan en terrenos mucho más profundos, sabiendo jugar con las intensidades y trayendo también a sus sonido influencias más clásicas de estilos como el heavy. Tal vez en un primer momento el sonido no sea de lo más atractivo, pero una vez conectemos con la propuesta de Agricultura, lo cierto es que la experiencia se vuelve inmersiva, atrapándonos en unos terrenos complejos pero muy satisfactorios (8,4).
Side A - Living Is Easy
1. Living Is Easy 07:03
1.
Picked over—
Agriculture,
Decompose
To the soil
Let it grow
And in the setting sun
Hold
Ad infinitum
Sending
Gentle traveler,
Green as rose
Day to follow
When you know
As your time will come
Go
Know not what you’ve done
At day’s end.
2.
If I knew
The shape of my
Face before I was born
I would not be afraid to die
In a forest
With insects eating my body
I would not be afraid of that
3.
i will
bury
another
in the morning
light
touching
if i
cover
i can set it
right
fall
2. Being Eaten by a Tiger 02:37
If I knew
The shape of my face before I was born
I would not be afraid to die
On a mountain or in the city
With insects eating my body
I would not be afraid of that
In a forest
3 brothers came upon a tiger and her cubs
They were dying of hunger and fatigue
The youngest brother said, ‘I will stay here
And lay down my body. I’ll become
Something good for them to eat’
And lying there, he was devoured
He gazed gladly down upon his flesh as it was torn
3. In the House of Angel Flesh 05:26
hey Camellia,
what are you doing?
get your feet back on the ground
and find out
for yourself.
hey Tomato,
feel the spring.
give yourself another chance
before you’re down.
right now.
hey Georgia,
where did you go?
try to bring yourself around
before you leave.
hey Rosemary,
what on earth will
make the bad thing go away.
what do you need?
what do you see
2.
When the hand
Came down
On Tennessee,
Death came ripping.
What do you want me to believe?
Fury born,
Alight,
Days deep.
Crazy visions in a
Stirred up kind of waking dream.
3.
When you were born, we held you. You didn’t know it but you took your name then and emerged later after so many years. Sweet like okra or a comatose reverie, you found light in the gentle friction between sense and reality.
Even as a child your features had definition. One folded into the next as though composed with intention. It’s true, there were many flowers like you in bloom then. Now, they toss atop bedsprings just to keep from eddying under. Their hands grip each other’s just to try to stay afloat and amidst the struggle, pleasure darts between them. It’s not easy.
These words weren’t meant for you but one day they find you through another. And through you, one day they find another. And then one day another. And one day another. It’s not easy.
Love should be easy to forget but it lingers like death. Happiness will never be a constant state of being. You find hope in brief, slipping grasps at revelation. You strive constantly to believe in a world just beyond the one you see. It comes to you sometimes, but only when you stop lookin
4. When You Were Born 00:54
Side B - The Circle Chant
5. The Circle Chant 05:05
hey Camellia,
what are you doing?
get your feet back on the ground
and find out
for yourself.
hey Tomato,
feel the spring.
give yourself another chance
before you’re down.
right now.
hey Georgia,
where did you go?
try to bring yourself around
before you leave.
hey Rosemary,
what on earth will
make the bad thing go away.
what do you need?
what do you see
2.
When the hand
Came down
On Tennessee,
Death came ripping.
What do you want me to believe?
Fury born,
Alight,
Days deep.
Crazy visions in a
Stirred up kind of waking dream.
3.
When you were born, we held you. You didn’t know it but you took your name then and emerged later after so many years. Sweet like okra or a comatose reverie, you found light in the gentle friction between sense and reality.
Even as a child your features had definition. One folded into the next as though composed with intention. It’s true, there were many flowers like you in bloom then. Now, they toss atop bedsprings just to keep from eddying under. Their hands grip each other’s just to try to stay afloat and amidst the struggle, pleasure darts between them. It’s not easy.
These words weren’t meant for you but one day they find you through another. And through you, one day they find another. And then one day another. And one day another. It’s not easy.
Love should be easy to forget but it lingers like death. Happiness will never be a constant state of being. You find hope in brief, slipping grasps at revelation. You strive constantly to believe in a world just beyond the one you see. It comes to you sometimes, but only when you stop lookin
6. Salt 00:48 instrumental
7. How to Keep Cool 02:37
Find a space
Where silence lay
Hold it and forgive
Myself and hold pity
For the circumstance
Of the world as it stands
Wake and incur
My life ‘til this day
8. The Circle Chant, Pt. 2 01:43 instrumental
26:13
2 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Blue
