{"id":36972,"date":"2020-10-22T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=36972"},"modified":"2020-10-21T19:08:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T23:08:22","slug":"agender-preach-romy-hoffman-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/agender-preach-romy-hoffman-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Post-Punks Agender “Preach” with New Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There’s a tension in “Preach,” the latest single from Los Angeles-based post-punk band Agender, of the world at a turning point. While “Preach” was seemingly made for 2020, the song was actually written late last year. “It was written in the old world,” says singer Romy Hoffman. She describes “Preach” as an “anti-elegy.” In other words, it’s not as bleak at is might appear on first listen. “It is positive,” she says, adding that the song is a call to “hold on to your power.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video for “Preach” was made by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Anthony Maldonado, who has previously collaborated with Hoffman on visuals for her live, solo performances. “We weren’t sure this wasn’t going to be the first single but I think, with everything going on in the world, we just thought as a band that this felt right,” says Hoffman. But, the pandemic created some complications for making a video. “Obviously, everyone was very limited as to what you could do and where you could go and shoot and how you can shoot,” says Hoffman. “So it just seemed logical to me, the best thing to do would be more of a found footage kind of thing. I know Anthony’s very good at that, and I knew his aesthetic would suit the mood.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n