Agent Simple is Stefan Strömberg, Gothenburg factory worker and - in his spare time - purveyor of superb lo-fi indie pop. Comparisons with Jens Lekman and Suburban Kids With Biblical Names will inevitably arise with seasoned Swindie fans hearing Agent Simple's songs for the first time - purely because of the similar vocal stylings - but I'm a big fan of both the aforementioned acts so the Agent's vocal similarity is no bad thing at all as far as I'm concerned.
He's so far released two EPs - 2005's I Got Mad At The Kids and this year's Shaking An Egg. Now, having never even heard of Agent Simple until yesterday, I've not heard these EPs in their entirety yet, but I've really liked the four songs I've caught so far. My favourites are Make A Right At Jordfallsmotet, a paean to his smalltown upbringing; and Friday, which lyrically provides us with a sort of modern update on the sentiments expressed by Paul Simon on I Am A Rock. Marvellous stuff. See what you think.
Agent Simple - Friday mp3 (available for seven days)
Agent Simple - Make A Right At Jordfallsmotet mp3 (available for seven days)
Buy the Shaking An Egg EP here
Agent Simple's My Space page
4 comments:
Oh I like him. Very good!
He's wasted in that factory, for sure!
hmmm where you at? we're thinking of bringing him over to glasgow soon...
Sounds like a plan! We're way darn sarf, though, I'm afraid.
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