Meet Saint Agnes: The band for those who dare to be different
For most bands, there’s a thin line between the lives they lead and the music they make. Those things usually inform each other, too – life bleeds into the songs, but then the experience of taking those songs on the road becomes part of that life. They can, obviously, be separate, but at the same time they’re two halves of the same whole. That’s why, when the coronavirus pandemic brought the planet to standstill, so many bands had their worlds turned upside down. Self-described “disgusting rock band” Saint Agnes were no exception. Their raucous gigs attracted a lot of attention, helping to build a fervent following, but in the blink of an eye it was gone. For the first time their lives were, well, normal. “Suddenly,” begins frontwoman Kitty A Austen, as she pours ...
