LA post-punk outfit Agender are fast, fun, frantic, and a bit fatalistic on fourth LP 'Dizzyland'

LOS ANGELES POST-PUNK BAND AGENDER ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM DIZZYLAND FAST, FUN, FRANTIC, AND A LITTLE BIT FATALISTIC AN ALBUM DANCING ON THE EDGE OF OBLIVION NEW SINGLE "BREATHLESS" A HOMO HOMAGE TO JEAN-LUC GODARD, THE NEW ROMANTICS, AND A WHIRLWIND OF A FRENCH ROMANCE LISTEN HERE | WATCH HERE

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"It's very, very good." –Henry Rollins about "Breathless"

"The future is here and we'd like our money back," says Romy Hoffman of Agender, the Los Angeles-based post punk band announcing their upcoming album, Dizzyland. Out TKTKTKT, the group's fourth studio record is fast, fun, frantic, and a little bit fatalistic, entirely self-produced and channeling the chaos of tech, doom, and sex in a driving, buzzy punk rhythm. Agender also share their lead single "Breathless" alongside a John Luc-Godard-inspired music video. Agender unlock their inner New Romantic on their new single, "Breathless". Named after the New Wave classic film by Jean-Luc Godard, the track feels all the wonder and danger of a romance about to crash down on your head — "That split second when Cupid takes aim and you can't fuck with fate," says Hoffman. She adds: "It's about the thrilling, intoxicating and slightly sinister side of falling in love. After all, love is dangerous. As the chorus warns, ‘You take my breath away and leave me breathless / Breathlessness sounds so nice, but really means death.’ Romance is a beautiful thing, but it might destroy you. Love takes your breath away. Literally.” LISTEN: "BREATHLESS" The "Breathless" music video was directed by Agender members Hoffman and Sara Rivas. "The song is about a French girl I fell in love with," explains the front woman. "The title is a nod to Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave classic Breathless, so naturally, we had to make our own homo homage to the film. Godard, but make it gay, s'il vous plait." WATCH: "BREATHLESS" (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Agender formed in 2011 as a solo punk project for lead singer and primary writer Romy Hoffman. Just two years later, it morphed into a trio, and by 2014, the band became known for their thrashing punk shows. The group's first album Fixations arrived that same year, and eight years later, the introspective, tongue-in-cheek second LP, No Nostalgia was released. Buzzbands LA called 2022's celebratory disco-punk anthem "Top Bottom Top," "deliciously throbbing." The band expanded on the track with an EP of remixes with the help of friends and queer icons–Le Tigre's JD Samson as well as Harvey Sutherland. Made up of Hoffman, Heather Hellskiss (bass), Christy Greenwood (drums) and Sara Rivas (synth), the quartet carves out a space that is uniquely their own–filled with fierce pride, a delicate balance of satire and earnest observations of life, and a piercing sound that energetically empowers and uplifts voices that are often stifled. Their third album, Berserk (2025), cranked up the chaos. A fast, fierce collision of post-punk, disco-punk, synth-punk and pop-punk, the record tackled existentialism, love addiction, consumerism and the void — ten tracks of danceable dread for the hyper-informed and chronically overwhelmed. Now comes album number four, Dizzyland. Entirely engineered and produced by the band themselves at their rehearsal studio, it's a woozy dispatch from a wobbly world. AI doom, techno overlords, climate catastrophes, collective malaise, all while Cupid's arrow still finds time to knock the stars out of us. "The planet might be overheating, the machines may be taking over, but, somehow, it's good old-fashioned sex and love that'll be the death of me," says Hoffman. "We're just doing the damn thing, dancing on the edge of oblivion.” Follow Agender on their website, Instagram, Twitter, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, and YouTube to stay up-to-date on new releases and upcoming shows.