Ofege - It's Not Easy

We take you back to 1970s Nigeria and the brilliant Afro-rock and psychedelic pop of Nigeria's infamous student band Ofege through newly remastered editions of their four studio albums spanning 1973-1978. We kick off with a definitive reissue of their classic 1973 debut, ‘Try And Love’, remastered with love by The Carvery and featuring an exclusive new interview with founder member Melvin Ukachi. Released on 12th May, the new vinyl edition of Ofege’s ‘Try And Love’ is available to pre-order with the full Ofege discography now available digitally on Bandcamp.

Follow Strut:

[GotuwanPankshin]

Heard this on S1. E1 of "The Agency". Thanks Shazam.

[chickenlajumpy]

The Agency introduced me to this great song.

[alindaderick]

I had to pause the Agency series to search for this masterpiece 🥰🥰

[stevenmcgehee]

90 days sober for the first time in 28 years, was having a rough time an hour ago, heard this on The Agency, listened to it 4x in ruw now.
I dont even remember what I was stressing about .
This song is beautiful .

[lynnshoemaker]

Wow! I stopped and hunted down the artist(s) of this amazing piece. I'm 67 yo woman world traveler who does not do this, EVER! Thank you Ofege for truly rocking my world with this exemplar masterpiece.

[rockstarj]

Sent to this awesomeness cuz Outer Banks, S3. E6.

[sirdoug]

Hearing this on The Agency. Catchy and relaxing tune 👍🏾

[michaeluraih]

I was pleasantly surprised and so proud as a Nigerian to hear this song in The agency. As a child, I remember my older brothers playing songs by Ofege including this one.

[marvamiller]

Paused The Agency to come to listen to this

[justmike]

Does anyone else hear a riff that sounds similar to Traffic’s Dear Mr. Fantasy? Cool song!

[WhoIsCheChe]

The first notes I heard on What We Do In The Shadows left me breathless. ❤ It's like a long, dreamy bridge of a grand work, in an age when albums still mattered.

[parisle]

This song is hauntingly beautiful. True art at its best. I couldn’t relax until I found it after hearing this song on showtime’s the agency.

[celticman]

This song is just strangely mesmerizing, i like the hell out of it.

[niguel]

Just heard this on The Agency. It’s mesmerising. I love that it’s raw and not over produced. Beatles meet the Stones?!

[djb]

This is the best song! I had to get a vinyl copy of it immediately…and I found one

[Ebbywebby]

Heard this on KCRW last night and it really caught my ear. Odd mix...it sounds like a guitarist is listening to the finished record in his bedroom and casually jamming over it.

[ThunderboltWisdom]

A good song is a good song. And this is a good song.

[TinaEllis-xk]

I'm here for What we do in the shadows...this show is smarter then people think....

[juststuff]

What We Do In The Shadows - Rules!
killer song!

[jboseiwaqa]

Hearing this on The Agency. Wow! Nigeria!