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Australia

The oldest continuous culture on earth and the newest country sitting on it.

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Eternally Yours

The Saints · 1978

Eternally Yours is The Saints’ 1978 second album, produced by Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper, featuring an R&B-influenced sound with horn arrangements and new bassist Algy Ward. Recorded at Wessex Studios under the original title International Robots, the sessions yielded stripped-down versions later issued as bonus tracks. Bailey regarded it as the band’s first proper release—distinct from the demo character of their debut—though its horn-heavy approach reportedly alienated some listeners at the time. Retrospective assessments have elevated it as a punk classic, praised for consistency, variety, and influence, with endorsements from major musicians including Kurt Cobain and Mark Lanegan.

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Currents

Tame Impala · 2015

Currents is a tightly controlled, emotionally exposed electronic pop record made alone in a beach house. It replaces guitar-layered psychedelia with vintage synths, drum machines, and clear vocals. Its strength is precision — its weakness is airlessness. It rewards attention to texture, not spectacle.

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Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett · 2015

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit is a debut album recorded quickly with minimal preparation, using only the core band and no embellishment. Its strength lies in rhythmic precision, lyrical specificity, and the unvarnished presence of four musicians playing together in a room. It avoids studio artifice and emotional crescendo. It is grounded in place — Melbourne, New York — and in the textures of ordinary life. It asks for attention, not surrender.

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Woodface

Crowded House · 1991

Woodface is Crowded House’s third studio album, released in July 1991. It emerged after Capitol rejected early recordings by Neil Finn, Paul Hester, and Nick Seymour. Neil then incorporated songs co-written with Tim Finn during their Finn Brothers sessions — on condition Tim joined the band as a full member.