{"title":"CD STORE DAY 2025 releases by Repressed Records","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"canine-apathy-non-mi-piace-cd","title":"Canine Apathy - Non Mi Piace CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanine Apathy returns for a second release of instrumental electronic explorations. The solo project of Tom Hardisty (of Constant Mongrel, Woollen Kits, Nun, etc. fame), this project occupies a contemplative space akin to his solo LP, Peace In Plaza (Nice Music, 2019). To my ears, this is an album that does not sit easily within the conventions of trendy electronic music at the moment: not suitably minimal enough to be ‘ambient,’ not moody (or boring enough) to be ‘dark-‘ or ‘coldwave,’ nor does it sound like self-indulgent modular synth dabbling. These tracks at times sound like they follow verse-chorus pop song structures, others that have a skittering almost toy-motorik drive to them, all with the warmth and friendliness that we’ve come to know and love from Tom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFFO: Eno’s Another Green World, the rickety edges of Dark Entries reissues, Throbbing Gristle’s homages to Kraftwerk on 20 Jazz Funk Greats, or sounds that would’ve come out of Mark Mothersbaugh’s studios (maybe the muzak versions of Devo and bits of the Rugrats soundtrack?).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 406px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3077755643\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thomashardisty.bandcamp.com\/album\/non-mi-piace\"\u003eNon Mi Piace by Canine Apathy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Repressed Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324867801270,"sku":"REP009","price":19.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9119\/8390\/files\/a3572775787_10.jpg?v=1760062869"},{"product_id":"possible-humans-standing-around-alive-cd","title":"Possible Humans - Standing Around Alive CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eI have given myself the impossible task of explaining why Possible Human’s ‘Standing Around Alive’ is some of the best and most vital music of the here and now. I really don’t think I can capture it, but also maybe the inexplicable quality this fairly straightforward, melodic rock ‘n’ roll group possesses is a big part of their charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn my initial handful of listens ‘Standing Around Alive’ had an energy that’ll be immediately satisfying to fans of their previous LP, ‘Everybody Split’ (2019), like Neil Young attempting to gel with The Cleans’ most propulsive, Neu-like motorik rhythms. I don’t use these references lightly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith more listens incredible bits jump out of this immediately satisfying sound, distinctive guitar lines, countermelodies and snippets of lyrics lodging themselves to the red and pink area underneath my skull and ribcage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike their contemporaries Dumbells and Rosali (with Mowed Sound), it rescues classic rock from the costumed dorks, as did the ‘Our Band Could Be Your Life’ bands of the post-USHC, pre-”Grunge” era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m very unaware of Possible Human’s collective aims or influences, but will add Anonymous ‘Inside The Shadow’, Sneaky Feelings, Guided by Voices ‘Under the Bushes Under the Stars’, and The Stevens to the list of references I don’t dish out unless I mean it— Nic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 439px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=78063245\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/artwork=none\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hobbiesgalore.bandcamp.com\/album\/standing-around-alive\"\u003eStanding Around Alive by Possible Humans\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Repressed Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44324871405750,"sku":"REP010","price":19.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/9119\/8390\/files\/a1536733589_10_79b4e277-3269-44d2-96de-693f0b6384f5.jpg?v=1759891390"},{"product_id":"drunk-elk-clear-skies-in-effect-cd","title":"Drunk Elk - Clear Skies in Effect CD","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Drunk Elk somehow combine earnest, sad, heart on your sleeve songwriting with a ton of avant smarts and a crude underground aesthetic that is just totally beguiling. Heart-stoppingly beautiful, peerlessly inventive to the point that you keep throwing names at em … but none of em stick.” – David Keenan (Volcanic Tongue)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe latest transmission from Nipaluna\/Hobart group Drunk Elk continues their run of drummerless and atmospheric songwriting. A group that always seemed to garner the effusive praise of David Keenan (see above!), it feels like a fitting time for the band to return to the fold with the recent Volcanic Tongue book and deluxe LP set issued earlier this year. Clear Skies In Effect evokes the classic windswept fringes of Tasmania with equally emotive lyrical observations. 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