Agriculture, the Los Angeles-based band, is set to release their upcoming album The Spiritual Sound, a project shaped by the combined creative forces of core members Dan Meyer and Leah Levinson.
Meyer’s compositions erupt with a distinct intensity, as if reaching for transcendence through distortion, drawing inspiration from Zen philosophy, the ruins of past civilizations, and the catharsis of sorrow.
Levinson, on the other hand, creates songs rooted in queer identity and the literary echoes of the AIDS crisis, navigating the haze of contemporary life with a sense of endurance woven into everyday existence.
She takes the lead on the album’s newest track, The Weight, and comments: “‘The Weight’ is part of a series of songs on the album that bears witness to queer life. It was written reflecting on a particular month last year when so much seemed heightened. It seemed like many of my friends were being harassed in public—both verbally and physically—for being trans, for being queer, and/or for being women (it’s not always clear which). This was also a time when I was feeling a lot of love and a lot of community. I wanted this song and the songs around it to honestly reflect both these elements. I wanted to write about transness but didn’t want to rely on political aphorisms and indulgent images of suffering. I wanted to paint a holistic portrait of queer life.”
On the album as a whole, Agriculture state: “This is an album about the really fundamental human experiences of suffering, joy, and love. We find a lot of the profound in these basic experiences. To us they are by definition spiritual and worth singing and screaming about. With this record, we wanted to make music that connects the intensity of daily life with the intensity of an encounter with Spirit."
The Spiritual Sound releases October 3rd, 2025 via The Flenser.
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