The enigmatic Agora Sci-Fi returns with their fresh new hit, “sloppy.” Serving as the second single from the forthcoming EP Finding It Hard to Explain Something So Obvious, the new track is now available on all streaming platforms.
“Keep your job, but lose your mind”, Agora Sci-Fi hums with sheer bliss on the new lo-fi pop tune. It’s one of the first lyrics we hear throughout “sloppy”, and although they may appeal bleak to some, they are far too relatable to those feeling stuck in a rut.
Crafted for a bright, dreamy day, “sloppy” offers a relatable narrative to those feeling tangled in the death grips of capitalism. Untangling the desire to escape from the social, economic, and psychological restraints of contemporary life, “sloppy” flirts with dynamics by gradually getting louder towards the end of the track, as Agora Sci-Fi highlights the injustice of the metaphorical shackles we are chained to.
“Weaving in the fictional narrative in ‘sloppy’ allowed me to really ramp up the stakes of the song. I was picturing a singular sane person, in a world with completely maddening and inhumane mandates. I imagined it as two separate songs in one, two personalities of the same person too, that kind of smash into each other at the end. Like many songs on the EP, it speaks to a desire to escape social confines, and the fracturing of self that happens when playing different roles in various areas of your life. The person who doesn’t conform, gets gaslit from inside and out, and labeled something like sloppy.”
Spearheaded by the Illinois-based Nathania Rubin, Agora Sci-Fi is a new lo-fi pop project centered around the fictional character “Z”. Z was recently released from prison for unclear crimes against society. Her wealthy family poisons her with memory-obliterating treats that block out crucial plot points of her own history. For fun she swims in the sludgy East River at night.
