SOME PEOPLE

Most people fear those they cannot see
Blaming us for their inability to breathe
While we spend our whole lives trying to be
And though it’s our fight there is no way

That I can stay
I’m sorry I can’t stay

Some people sink their teeth in on anything
High moral grounds, ignorance and the holy king
We fight those internalised tumorous beliefs
To then be struck down by your valiant mischiefs

And I can’t stay
I’m sorry I can’t stay

I wish I could stay but there’s really no point
And you won’t understand why I’m leaving your bones behind…

… To be sound, still humane and free.
Not be tamed, not be framed or feared.




Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Agon Branza
Mastered at Abbey Road Studios by Oli Morgan

Cello - Meg Ella Brookes
Piano - Katherine Gillham

Some People

(lyrics and melody improvised in one take with a vocoder)

Elevate me
Elevate me
Elevate me
From this place where
Place where we can’t be loved

Elevate me
Elevate me
From this place where we can't 
No we can’t be loved
Loved. 

And it’s
And it’s soul-destroying

Elevate me
Elevate me
Elevate me
Elevate me
To that place where
Place where we can be loved

Just right
Right now.

Elevate Me

Thinking about the sad verses
Which might end up on a song
What does that say about me?
Hasn’t even been that long

And here I am already
Afraid of having to sing that

I feel it’s fading
Fading too early
It’s fading 
Your soul is sore
This voodoo is not working anymore
And I feel it’s fading
Fading too early
It’s fading 
Your soul is sore
This voodoo is not working anymore

And hope has shrunken
Like the underwhelming snow of London

“Unsure of what you meant”
(What did I mean?)
“Feels like always and for nothing”
“We’ll end up saying goodbye 
Without saying anything”

Trying to silence the messenger
So I won’t sing that

I feel it’s fading
Fading too early
It’s fading 
Your soul is sore
This voodoo is not welcome anymore
I feel it’s fading
Fading too early
It’s fading 
Your soul is sore
This voodoo is not welcome anymore

And hope has shrunken
Like the underwhelming snow of London

And I hope we can preserve
The underwhelming snow of London.

Underwhelming Snow Of London feat. Orlando Mollica

Heaven Is Each Other feat. Orlando Mollica

"Glitter Guns"
Mixed and Mastered by Agon Branza
Produced by Agon Branza and Nui Blanc.

Lisbon-born and London-based singer/songwriter and producer Agon Branza dives headfirst into the uncomfortable waters of self-awareness for his debut single “Glitter Guns”.

Agon Branza’s classical and cinematic scoring experiences are reflected on this theatrical and conversational anthem about the dangerous comfort of apathy, layered with stuttering mechanical synths, a somber yet hopeful piano chord progression, and Agon Branza’s own spell-binding vocals, enticing you to enter into his world. 

Glitter Guns is nothing short of a rhapsody, its lyrical content reading just as a poem, reflecting on the paralysis we as individuals can feel in the face of normalised oppressions. “Glitter Guns is an inner dialogue on how apathy can take over in the face of overwhelming prejudice and discrimination when change seems next to impossible”, Agon says. “In the end, it all boils down to accountability and a deafening sense of guilt, trying to move towards change and wanting to do better.”

Glitter Guns Single

Glitter Guns

Lisbon-born, London-based Agon Branza is an award-winning chamber pop singer-songwriter, composer and producer who puts social justice at the heart of his work.

Influenced by his studies of cinema and music for film, Agon creates narrative-structured and harmonically rich filmic pop music, filled with orchestrated melodies crafted above organic synths and electronic beats.

Although he was considered a rather strange child for listening to Björk during school playtime, he recently caught the attention of Manu Delago (Björk's percussionist), with whom Agon got to perform in 2019. Among other performers, he also shared the stage with Kelly Lee Owens, Patrick Watson, Jools Holland, the BBC Orchestra, Emeli Sandé, Nitin Sawhney, Katie Melua, Guy Garvey (Elbow), Rick Astley, Cerys Matthews, Orlando Weeks, Another Sky, Eska, Ruby Turner, Alev Lenz and Glen Scott.

As a producer, he has collaborated with Steinsdotter (reaching #3 on the UK Club Charts), Heren Wolf, Ana de Llor (DrakeYolanda award recipient 2022), Faultress and Tsinder Ash, among others, some of whom have been featured on BBC Radio 6.

As part of his composing career, Agon has already published a cycle of 5 piano pieces, "Inner Anthems", under the name Gonçalo Abrantes. His piano works amount to more than 40k streams on SoundCloud and have been included in 3 of Nils Frahm's Piano Day playlists. He was also awarded a Cannes Silver Lion and a Best Soundtrack award for his TV advertising works.

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