Hailing from Bolton, SPECIAL AGENT SET is a pop-punk four piece with absolutely no agenda other than to just make music that they like to listen to, and hope that other people do too.
Kicking things off with ‘The Date, What Year?’, you’d probably be forgiven for hitting the skip button straight away. It’s sloppy and constantly threatens to fall out of time with itself, but good things come to those who wait and ‘Year One’ definitely improves from there on in, with ‘We’ve Got Tonight’ providing the undoubted highlight
With pop-punk making something of a comeback in 2011, I can only hope that SPECIAL AGENT SET aren’t left behind as we go into 2012. They’re a lovely little back to basics pop-punk band with a completely refreshing sound that doesn’t rely on the gimmicks or slogans that so many others do, ‘Year One’ is by no means a masterpiece but it’s very good for what it is.
CHRIS MARSHMAN