If anything fits the bill to the penny while describing the latest single from Agnesz Anna, it’s her track tagline, “Rock n roll for the modern hearts with an old soul”. With No One Will Ever Know, she echoes vintage indie pop energy, giving the timbres. a second skin painted with raw, poetic confession. The reverb-drenched jangle pop guitars pirouette around her vocals, which glide and command in equal measure, all while cradling that rare, unvarnished romanticism that belongs more to cracked vinyl than algorithmic playlists.
In a world that treats intimacy like spectacle, No One Will Ever Know flickers like a candlelit secret in a blackout. Agnesz never overstates; she lets the layers of lush harmonies carry the swell. Every melodic curve is steeped in a warmth that evokes the golden-era psychedelia of the Beach Boys, the Psychedelic Furs, and the B-52s, without stealing a single shadow from their legacies.
The Dutch-Polish artist’s road to this release was paved with stage lights, flamenco rhythms, Shakespearean monologues, and transatlantic theatre runs. After studying at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York and appearing on Dutch television, she returned to her roots to forge a sound that’s fiercely her own. With this single marking the first taste of her 12-track debut indie pop album due later in 2025, Agnesz Anna has proven she’s more than ready to lace nostalgia with present-tense soul.
No One Will Ever Know is now available on all major streaming platforms, including YouTube.
– Review by Amelia Vandergast