TRACK REVIEW: The Agency… – Harbour Song

With a name that kind of screams ‘working man’s club covers band’, I was relieved when, upon putting on The Agency…‘s new release Harbour Song, it was an original and well-orchestrated tune that’s evocative, mournful and ethereal.

Obviously I couldn’t write this review without mentioning how much the male singer (who is known simply as ‘Driver’, apparently) sounds like Nick Cave, but not in an overly slavish, copyist way so he just about gets away with it. The female vocals (courtesy of Elise and Rosa from The Samphires) synergise with Driver’s, forming the basis of a very well-produced, melancholic duet which you should all listen to. Head down to the harbour on 1^st November and do just that.