Setting the frequency with immersive strings, AGAT opens her album With The Incrowd with the song Germs and the descriptive lyrics, “I used to deal with the germs, now there’s blood on my face…”, as she sings conceptually to ease us into the record.
Vocals are enigmatic and feature incredible harmonies and echos, with bold soundscapes as AGAT changes her delivery to feature more psychedelic production details discussing metaphysics fused with cerebral sounds.
AGAT delivers a nuanced variation to mainstream pop with altnerative elements not dissimilar to Billie Eilish, Ashnikko, Charli XCX, Brooke Candy, Angel Haze, LSDXOXO and hyperpop. Her music fuses electronic detailing, aggressive yet emotional vocal delivery, bold and wild bass lines and a fusion of analogue sounds.
The second track on the record is the title track, Incrowd which has more of a sense of urgency as Agat asks if we want to “go deeper”. The intricacy of the production is out of this world and features animated details that is designed to keep our ears attentive.
Up next is Pull The Threads which feels like a hybrid of Bjork and Billie Eilish, with samples of children’s voices detailed through the track. Wait For Me lends itself to a Die Antwoord style energy with whirring and dynamic bass. The high synth details are incredible and create a more playful canvas for the track.
Despite the chaos in the sound, there is a meditative energy in the yoga style lyricism which has us stretching. Zelooperz is also featured on the track and has a verse where they reference smoking and leaving a mushroom cloud as well as nuanced verses on the human condition.
Dizzy is the fifth track on the album which features the deep hook “everybody feeling like a popstar”. The track acts as a commentary on society today.
Track number six is called Liar, and opens with meditative textures before details and vocals from Egozi appear fused into elegant guitar as AGAT confesses to being a liar. We love the delivery from our protagonist here, and it marks the calmest moment of the record so far.
Plastic Bags Against The Crown is next and features Gido. The song opens with clapping and the introspective lyrics, “How rich do I have to get to deal with pain?”
We are obsessed with the energy that the duo brings together on the record and find the analogue clapping refreshing in a sea of dramatic electronica. AGAT delivers great rap verses in Plastic Bags Against The Crown and her prowess as a poet really comes through.
Next we have intricate and beautiful piano on Relationship Belly. Agat opens the track singing wisely “you’re still hanging on cos you just can’t see what’s wrong…” which is followed by a brilliant and evocative verse from Pink Siifu. The soundscape is dimensional and exciting and we love the universe that AGAT has created with her vision.
We then experience Liar Reprise which is in reference to track six and features raw emotion from the rising artist from Tel Aviv. We can imagine how Agat’s live performances are daring and full of energy.
Finally we have the melancholic outro to the record, which is called Celebration where we experience the most raw and human side of AGAT so far on the record, where she references needing a conversation with herself in the introspective composition. She asks, “what if tomorrow would feel the same, shit?”
We have added Relationship Belly to our New Music Spotlight playlist and are excited for what is to come from AGAT!