8 essential queer anthems, picked by Agender

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Agender make existential terror hurrah, punchy post-punk. Our music tries to make sense of the nonsense and is meant to be read as a newspaper or a collage. It’s a political, spiritual, and philosophical look at modern society — the information age. It’s a commentary on the absurd current state of affairs. Our music is focused yet unhinged, self-reflective, observant, brash, tongue in cheek, serious yet playful. Think of it as a yin-yang. Our songs are the excavations and observations of the mind of an anxiously attached, overthinking, spiritual human. Punk rock is our religion. —Agender

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Below, listen to a handful of vital queer anthems picked by the band.

Team Dresch – “Fagetarian and Dyke”

Peaches – “F*** the Pain Away”

Gossip – “Standing in the Way of Control”

Sylvester – “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”

Bronski Beat – “Smalltown Boy”

The Velvet Underground – “Candy Says”

Lady Gaga – “Born This Way”

t.A.T.u. – “All the Things She Said”