Agnes Uncaged – Cyanotype
Minneapolis band Agnes Uncaged releases their new album, Cyanotype.
Agnes Uncaged, formerly “Creeping Charlie,” has received acclaim across the Midwest for their guitar-driven, cinematic indie rock. Julia Eubanks was hailed as “one of the Twin Cities most promising young songwriters” by critic Chris Riemenschneider (Minnesota Star Tribune) and the group lead First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2022!
Agnes, a rabbit apparition, came to Eubanks on a hike through the French Alps and she felt her fearful aversion to releasing music dissolve. Like the rabbit superimposed over the mountain scape, Agnes Uncaged’s lyrics elicit a dance between the surreal and literal. Sisters Julia (Vocals and Guitar) and Esmé Eubanks (Bass), Jack Malone (Drums), and Cole Benson (Guitar) balance grittiness and prettiness to conjure a world of nostalgia, drawing inspiration from ’90s Pacific Northwest grunge.
Cyanotype, (produced by John Agnello- Sonic Youth, Dinosaur J r. – and mixed by Brian Deck – Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine) is a blue impression of white-hot moments in early adulthood. The album continues the band’s signature hooky guitar parts and narrative lyricism with a more matured sound. “Philosophy Test” elucidates an ironic multiple choice exam and explores the dangers of accepting objective truths shaped by me and thousands of years ago.
Guitars on “Paperdoll” form a crunchy wall of sound behind a description of a two dimensional relationship. Agnes Uncaged presents a new era with ambitious record that won’t be pinned down, and doesn’t need to be.
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