Artist - Agents Of Atlas

Click to enlarge	Agents Of Atlas Avg 3.67 / 5 Total of 2 votes
Last update: 03/07/10 22:49:32 Account: For Bands Location: EUROPE: Luxembourg Signed up: 30 Mar 2009 10:46 PM Members: Pir - Cloood - Birkel - Laurent Genre: Indie Influences: Website: http://www.myspace.com/agentsofatlasrock

Biography

Since 2008, four-piece-outfit AOA from Grevenmacher/Luxembourg is perfecting its own vision of what Rock n’ Roll has to sound in these times by combining the different musical influences and backgrounds of its members, who have showcased past efforts in several bands from the local scene.

Their music can be described as noisy, yet danceable Indie Rock, with influences ranging from (Post-)Punk to Disco, while not denying a love for captivating pop melodies.

At the end of 2008, the band recorded its first songs, which were released on our debut-EP « Safe As Sound » in april 2009.

In june 2009, american Punkrockers Anti-Flag voted AOA in the Top-Ten of the Myspace-Featured Artist-Competition.
The song «The Cell» is featured on the german «Finest-Noise–Sampler» Nr22 (to be released in july 2009 by FinestNoise Records).

At the moment, the band is busy writing their first full-length-album which should be released at the end of this year.

Review by disagreement.net:

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Lately there has been such a surge in new local bands that it’s hard to keep an overview of what’s going on. Amongst all these youngsters, it happens that seasoned musicians start a new band and hardly anyone is noticing… for now.

It may not be fair to call Agents Of Atlas as the follow-up to Orange Squad, but it’s a fact that two members of that legendary stoner band are now back with a new band. The two other members have also had experience in more traditional rock bands like Blue Room and Fluyd. Don’t expect another attempt at desert rock, because Agents Of Atlas have their own vision of what they want to sound like. The upbeat opener The Cell surprises with two harmonically duelling guitars, a driving rhythm section and a vocalist who used to be a drummer but is just at ease on the microphone. The following Raise continues the positive impression, showing a band that may be inspired partly by new trends in rock music but that can’t deny having its roots in the Nineties. The guitars are pleasantly gritty, the vocals, raw and melodic at the same time, integrate perfectly into the overall image. Crack Me continues with a more laid back attitude, with distorted guitars recalling long gone by days of independent rock à la Sharon Stoned and Sans Secours. The slightly longer End Of Light is another slower excursion, containing some incredible keyboard parts. The EP ends with the faster No Meds that shows the band from a more contemporary post punk, indie dance direction.

Recorded during the span of an entire year by local producer icon Charel Stoltz, Safe As Sound may have a modest packaging, but the sound doesn’t give any reason to complain. I have to admit that I like Agents Of Atlas far better than the bands the members used to play in. Their marriage of vintage alternative rock sounds from the Nineties with the more modern tendencies is an overall success, and although this may be too little fashionable for teenage music aficionados, connoisseurs of timeless indie rock will rejoice at the twenty minutes of music featured on this debut EP. Let’s hope a longplayer will follow soon!***