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Activate Elevate – 4 tracks

by Agness Pike

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Hole In The Plan 04:34
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HOLE IN THE PLAN – Get ready to receive my cosmic blessing. You know it’s make believe, I’m guessing. It’s time to free yourself, change your behaviour. You’ve kept it hidden well, your flavour. Hole in the plan, there’s a hole in the plan. Right there before you. Hole in the plan, there’s a hole in the plan. It won’t ignore you. What does the future hold? It’s unexpected. Claim back your self control, protect it. Consumer spending spree, won’t bring you closure. Don’t act impulsively, composure. Hole in the plan, there’s a hole in the plan. Right there before you. Hole in the plan, there’s a hole in the plan. It won’t ignore you. What a lot of bother, getting hot under the collar. What a lot of bother, and now it’s getting hotter. You better get out while you can. You better stop wasting time. At the end of the day, you’re divine. Distance yourself from those that drain your energy. Or, you will soon find yourself in a very strange place. Banana skins are waiting for you, so tread carefully. Remember, slow and steady wins the race. What a lot of bother, getting hot under the collar. Bother-bother-bother. Bother-bother-bother. Hole in the plan, there’s a hole in the plan. Right there before you. Hole in the plan, there’s a hole in the plan. It won’t ignore you. Hole in the plan, there’s a hole in the plan. Consumer spending spree, won’t bring you closure. Don’t act impulsively, retain your composure.
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This Is One 04:27
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THIS IS ONE – This is one. This is two. What do the stars above have in store for you? Go beyond, travel through. Now is the perfect time to try something new. If you wanna be happy, don’t go with the flow. Get your heavenly body, ducks in a row. Control the fire of your emotion. No more fear, in your mind. Events of recent weeks are frozen in time. Shifting gear, leave behind. This phase won’t last forever, enjoy the ride. If you wanna be happy, don’t go with the flow. Get your heavenly body, ducks in a row. Control the fire of your emotion. Dark clouds of tabulated data have blown you completely off course. You need to orchestrate your come-back with celestial force. Renew, refresh, recover, demolish your house of cards. You are going on a journey to find out who you are. I want to help you. If you wanna be happy, don’t go with the flow. Get your heavenly body, ducks in a row. Control the fire of your emotion.
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Hot Like Fire 04:58
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HOT LIKE FIRE -- Whoever you are, I’ve got no idea. I’ve been waiting here, you’ve got what I need. No matter how far, take me anywhere. We’ve got love to share, can you feel the heat? You are my one desire. You are the one on fire. I’m checking you out, you can set me free. You are my destiny, I’ve got shiver shake. You never should doubt, I’ve seen it all before. You’ve got me on the floor, when you dominate. You are my one desire. You are the one on fire. Hot like fire. Hot like fire. Hot like fire. One desire. Dynamic and strong, you blow my clouds way. And when the days are grey, light my winter sky. Whatever you want, I’ve got an open mind. I’m not the turning kind, watch my value rise. You are my one desire. You are the one on fire. Hot like fire. Hot like fire. Hot like fire. One desire. When shadows fall into the night. Winds of change bring thunder light. Emotions high, unstable ground. Outside the box, I’m thinking now.
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Repetition 03:42
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REPETITION – You’ve got my body burning out of control. Wanting, needing, yearning, free my soul. Take me away, pleasure me and play. Take me away, whatever you say. It’s better more, rock me to the floor. It’s better more, open heaven’s door. Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. Why don’t we do it again? Activate. Elevate. Generate. Venerate. Do it again. Won’t you take me higher, all night long? Relax and feed my fire, turn it on. I wanna do, anything for you. I wanna do, love forever true. Repetition. Repetition. Repetition. Why don’t we do it again? Activate. Elevate. Generate. Venerate. Do it again. Venus in extrovert. Too much excitement, time and space. Forceful and dynamic. Perfect alignment, face to face. Activate. Elevate. Generate. Venerate. Do it again.

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ACTIVATE ELEVATE by AGNESS PIKE
Reviewed by Simon Minter (Music in Oxford, 27 August 2014)

Activate Elevate, the new four-tracker from Agness Pike, was released track by track over the past few weeks, and has now reached its frothy conclusion.

As with their previous work, it’s a combination of expertly-played, finely-crafted prog-punk and theatrical vocal posturing: and if that sounds up your street, they do it very, very well. It’s the vocal style that’s most likely to be divisive amongst listeners; portentous, deep warbling or half-spoken lyrical messages that sound tongue-in-cheek, although it’s difficult to be sure. From John Lydon to Cardiacs to Young Knives, ‘weird’ vocals in British music are not a new trait, and certainly not one that signifies any particular dip in quality.

Musically, the band cite Tad and Shudder To Think as influential, and I’d throw in Melvins and Prong also. So there’s a sludgily-grooving rhythm section providing an often complex backbone for riff-laden guitar punk; it’s good-time mosh-pit music, albeit with a rotten heart and a sense of the perverse that’s shared with the aforementioned Cardiacs and Primus. Agness Pike are prone to dip into the ‘creeping dread’ side of music as well as to inhabit a chaotic world of noise; and overall they generate a dizzying sense of restlessness that’s tempered well by the arch approach to their music. Whether they’re joking or not is hard to ascertain: maybe that’s the point, it’s difficult to tell.

Written, performed and produced by Agness Pike:
Guitar: Chris Brown
Drums: Mike Brown
Bass: Pete Marler
Vocals and lyrics: Martin Spear
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Kyle Mundy.
Recorded at Oxfordshire Music Rooms, OX44 7RQ.
www.oxfordshiremusicrooms.co.uk
Copyright 2014: Agness Pike.

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released August 3, 2014

AGNESS PIKE are an alternative rock band from Oxford, UK. Their sound incorporates elements of hard rock, heavy metal, post-punk, and pop-rock influenced hooks. As a recent live show reviewer explains: "AGNESS PIKE would be just another metal band – albeit a satisfyingly crunchy one – were it not for frontman Martin Spear. Tonight he’s left the handbag at home and instead plumped for a lilac Pringle tank-top, impeccably neat moustache, glasses and a wig that’s so dense and large it’s verging on being a busby. The overall effect is part TV anchorman character, part 70s golfer and part old-school porn star. With Spear at the helm, delivering his vocals with mock gravitas and dispensing etiquette tips for ladies in between songs, what would be no-nonsense hard rock is the exact opposite – superbly entertaining OTT performance art." – from Nightshift, Oxford. Well, that sounds interesting.

Contact: www.facebook.com/agness.pike

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W10n7g7CltA

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"I've been asked to write an endorsement for AGNESS PIKE. My research reveals that they have a decidedly off-centre take on alternative rock. Their noise-making is urgent and thrusting, and if it doesn’t sit somewhere between the colossal grunge-metal riffing of TAD, and the off-kilter post-hardcore tunefulness of Shudder To Think, then, I’m a Dutchman." Robin van Persie (no relation). ... more

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