{"id":28423,"date":"2026-05-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28423"},"modified":"2026-04-30T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:17:00","slug":"brad-marino-agent-of-chaos-spaghetty-town-records-usa-ghost-highway-records-spain-beluga-records-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=28423","title":{"rendered":"Brad Marino – ‘Agent Of Chaos’ (Spaghetty Town Records (USA)\/ Ghost Highway Records (Spain) \/ Beluga Records (Sweden)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blimey, just 2 weeks after naming the new Uni Boys platter as potential power pop album of the year, along comes Brad Marino and wipes away the competition with his 5th solo record \u2018Agent Of Chaos\u2019. The former frontman of The Connection has released a bunch of quality albums over the past few years. And the singer\/songwriter from Rochester, New Hampshire returns with your new soundtrack to the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not exaggerating when I say ‘Agent Of Chaos’ is choc-a-block with potential hits. Killer first single \u2018Voodoo\u2019 is power pop royalty with Marino\u2019s signature twangy telecaster, 3 chords and a ridiculously catchy hook. It\u2019s got the magic ingredients all power pop aficionados desire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The radio friendly vibe continues with the 60\u2019s pop of \u2018Dissin\u2019 & Dissmissin\u2019 and the brilliant \u2018Devil May Care\u2019, what a joy it must be to have songs this good in your arsenal at this point in your career. Songs designed to be sung with a smile as you cruise the highway with the top down and the volume up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok, imagine if late 80\u2019s glam rock legends The Soho Roses had kept it together long enough to make a sophomore album? The likes of \u2018Blowing Smoke\u2019, \u2018I Don\u2019t Want You Anymore\u2019 and the dark and delirious anti-anthem \u2018Murder and Violence\u2019 coulda been outtakes. On \u2018Agent Of Chaos\u2019 I hear that long-lost cult band as much as I hear The Ramones. Mind you, The Soho Roses were heavily influenced by Ramones and The Buzzcocks, so it sorta makes perfect sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, the more punky \u2018Sick Of You\u2019 and  \u2018Lost Without You\u2019 are about as Ramones as you can get without actually being called The Ramones. Brad knows the formula and he ain\u2019t about to stray too far from the road (to ruin). The vocals, the guitars, the delivery and the sentiment\u2026it\u2019s spot on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s criminal really that an album this good by a great songwriter will go largely unnoticed by the general music buying public, but hey, it\u2019s a familiar story. But Brad Marino has released another banger and ‘Agent Of Chaos’ is essential listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing you can do to help, is buy the goddamn record, and you can thank me later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy Here USA <\/a>\/ Spain <\/a>\/ Sweden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blimey, just 2 weeks after naming the new Uni Boys platter as potential power pop album of the year, along comes Brad Marino and wipes away the competition with his 5th solo record \u2018Agent Of Chaos\u2019. The former frontman of The Connection has released a bunch of quality albums over the past few years. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28423"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28426,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28423\/revisions\/28426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}