Ex Agent - New Assumptions…
Ex Agent’s debut EP New Assumptions… is a collision of no-wave beauty, improv-adjacent disorder, and spoken-word poetics that teeter on the edge of collapse. Within this exquisitely precise disarray lie carefully constructed moments of fragility, repeatedly unsettled by bursts of sudden, free-jazz chaos. Across five tracks, the Bristol-based five-piece explore queer and neurodivergent identity through sonic themes of refuge, instability, and resistance. EX AGENT ARE: Aidan Surgey (drums, percussion) Alfie Hay (guitar, FX, Vox) Archie Ttwheam (piano, woodwind, glockenspiel, Vox) Eve Rosenberg (electric bass, FX) Evo Ethel (guitar, woodwind, Vox) GUEST PLAYERS: Esther Pollock, Laura Kristapaite, Natalie Whiteland, Oliver Kadouchkine (choir on ‘Credit Song’) Tom Connolly & Sam Greenwood (violin on ‘New Assumptions’) Llŷr Adeline (cello on ‘New Assumptions’) Harry Furniss (cornet on ‘New Assumptions’, ‘Jessie’s Christ’ & ‘Credit Song’) Painting by Nell Ttwheam Design by Charlie Behrens Photo by Jess Agnew














