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AGENTS IMPLIED AND HONORARY: Deborah, Ken, Geoff, Angie, Todd, Matt Z, Ted, Abe, Crystal, Kristen, Paul B, Jessica, Dave K, Jeffrey, Anna Grace, Drew, Mick, Missi, Laura, Abbi, Kelly, Sara, Seth, Eric, Jesse, Andrew, Mimi, Christian, Gram, Paul C, Matt B, Bryan, Ron, Joel, Jordan, Ken, Paulie, Dwavehed, Andy, Amanda, Jody M., Joshua, Zion and Miss B
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Influences
Spirituals and slave songs, 50's rock and roll, 60's gospel, 70's soul, 80's pop, 90's punk, 00's glitch
Sounds Like
PJ Harvey, Mates of State, Pixies, Jeff Buckley, TV on The Radio, Arcade Fire, I'm From Barcelona, The Holy Childhood, Adrian Orange and Her Band, Electrelane, A Silver Mt. Zion, Angels of Light, Polyphonic Spree, Akron/Family and Broken Social Scene
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***1998:
A bunch of Jesus-loving, jalopy-gospel way-backers get together and do creative things: Shrieking, speaking, flailing, failing, storytelling, fear-quelling. In the process, songs and stories are smithed and written, friendships and families are stretched and shaken, stirred and strengthened. Genre-gender-class-past-death-defiers and town-crying demystifiers of mystery history lead these pacifistic, full-frontally ballistic missives. Best of all, on frequent occasions, we see entombed voices raisin' and we peek through the haze.
***NOW:
More than one dog year together, these doors're gonna swing wiiiiide.
"Agents of Future bring the raw passionate worship like you don't get almost anywhere else. i've seen them play in clubs, at festivals, in church, in parks, and in living rooms. the element of hunger/thirst - the desperation in what they're going after in God - is undeniable."
- Glen Galloway, Soul Junk
"Agents Of Future is like a glorious and wonderful mess on stage -- crowded with cascading voices of joy. It's a left-of-center musical approach, with jam band parts, part Joe Cocker at Woodstock, and parts Worship Circle and Caedmon's Call. A great modern and unique call to worship that's effective in breaking through the crusty, dry exterior of scenester kids with the joy and brokenness of the Holy Spirit."
- Doug Van Pelt, HM Magazine Editor
"The music/art/experience/worship that springs from Agents of Future's love for Portland is the kind of stuff that makes my bones shake, my heart race, and want God with more honesty and desperation then my mind can handle. Please, if there was only one band to listen to this month or even year, Agents of Future would be my pick..."
- Aaron Strumpel, Enter the Worship Circle
"Agents of Future are without a doubt the most passionate performers I've seen, save Roger Clyne and Bruce Springsteen. Singing at the top of their lungs and squeezing their eyes tight, is nothing compared to the energy they harness from the Spirit, riding it up the hillside and begging for more. Their pleas of comfort, strength, and love come wrapped in small songs made larger than life with their sheer intensity. Todd Fadel can brood a melody underneath your skin and scream praises like no man I've heard before. Angie Fadel releases surge after surge of pure vocal power from their humble book of well-worn prayers. Agents of Future can strip the cool off the room and stain the floors with honesty, emotion and a darker shade of pale."
- John Kerns, Minister of Music, Spirit Garage Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
"Agents of Future: Intense, hard-driving, soulful innovation in a coherent husband-wife duo, joyfully synergizing new sounds and ideas in alternative rock and worship music. I absolutely love their passion for creating their varied brands of music, then delivering the goods on stage or in any venue with even more passion and soul. Their music is cutting edge, deeply engaging of heart and mind, poignant, spiritually aware and sometimes even witty, but alway LOUD and clear."
- Jim Au, President, Impact Media Ministries, Portland, OR
"Agents of Future has a chaotic beauty that actually embodies the authenticity post-modern theologians and liturgi-geeks have been busy promoting, only they come by it effortlessly. Agents of Future brings you into the presence of God at an amazing volume."
- Gretchen Mertes, Minister of Music, St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Renton, WA
Just have to say...goosebumps 2 weeks ago and then tears yesterday. Don't know if it's just the stuff going on inside of me or the Spirit moving thru you guys in a different way or maybe the combination of the 2. But I love worship with you!!! Thanks for keeping it real!!!
hey todd! thanks for dialoging, man. i'll try to get back on there for more soon. i should say i find a rather enjoyable rowdy, happy cacophony in the agents music. love the energy!
Hey that request made me smile. You probably saw my reminiscent blatherings on the Soul Junk site. How are you man? Agents...sound awesome! I miss Portland, if we don't sound remotely like Tomlin (not Lily) or Redman (not the tobacco) in our little slice of Smallville you hear crickets, not people entering into worship....oh well. Heck, I wish we could sit and catch up over a cup of coffee.
Bless you and don't be a stranger, Jerad the saturate band
Oh yeah! I am digging these tunes. Oh baby! You are all way too fun.
Continue to create by using your gifts. You are all blessed. Let it flow out like water from a recently broken damn. Like a bunch of DAMN water! Ok, I am delirious. Good day.