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CONG JOSIE & GARRY SACRED 12" EP - LTD ED - VINYL - New/ Sealed
CONG JOSIE & GARRY SACRED 12" EP - LTD ED - VINYL - New/ Sealed
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CONG JOSIE & GARRY SACRED 12" EP - LTD ED - VINYL - New/ Sealed

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    Off the back of his 2024 EBM meets rockabilly greaser album Moto Zone. Cong Josie returns with a new partner in crime. On this new EP Sacred Money, Cong teams up with the legendary Garry Gray, or should I say, Garry Sacred of the seminal Aussie swamp-rock outfit Sacred Cowboys. The two met in early 2025 when Cong fessed up to ripping off the Cowboys’ track ‘Nothing Grows in Texas’ on ‘1300 Scorpio’, the two recognise a kindred spirit, they bonded over their love for Alan Vega and 70’s oz-boogie and next thing you know, we’ve got this scorchin’ EP.

    The record kicks off with a re-recording mash-up of the aforementioned ‘1300 Scorpio’ & ‘Nothing Grows in Texas’ in ‘1300 Texico’. The call and response vocals and generation time-travelling adds a deeper narrative and allegory for our bizarre times watching capitalism in its death-throes. Like leather clad twins mysteriously separated by a decade or two, there is an undeniable synchronicity and something very ‘now’ at play here. If you know these two musicians, you can just imagine the burning heat produced when you hear them together. It feels right, it feels inevitable. What follows just gets better. 

    Sacred Money is a bold work conjuring the dread power and unrelenting pull of money-seduction that affects as all. Next is a triplet of on-theme cover versions starting with what was the lead single from the record, a sleazy and sinister cover of the cannonic Oz-boogie-era song, ‘I’ll Be Gone’ (originally by Spectrum 1971). Side two smacks you straight in the face with a blood pumpin’ rendition of Suicide’s ‘Fast Money Music’ followed by a deep cut from The Kinks underrated 1974 concept record Preservtion Act 2 : ‘Money Talks’. The record closes with the title track ‘Sacred Money’ a tripped out ode to/ lament for/ rail against, you guessed it… money. 

    Strap in for a one of a kind modern classic of uncompromising punk vision calling for action while demonstrating the heart and the power of community and creativity. Rise up, rob a bank and pull out those leathers, this one’s two punch banger.


    * Did you know IT Records is a local indie label run by one of our staff? Long-time Dixons employee Kate Reid runs the label when she's not in the shop selling records for us. Here is a little bit about the label:

    It Records is a niche independent label out of Melbourne Australia, with a unique roster that includes electronic, rock, pop and experimental artists, drawn from diverse genres with a “dark” bent (eg. Post- punk, darkwave, Leftfield, Psych Rock, neofolk, industrial, and synth-wave). Founded in 2014 the label is very much centred in the Melbourne underground scene, the label includes work from emerging artists as well as established and influential musicians. Drawing a parallel between what these artists are doing now and the influence of the music that has come out of the Melbourne and Australian underground in the past.

    Hit the IT RECORDS tag at the top of the page to see other releases Kate has put out on her label. 


     


    Media: Vinyl LP
    Cat Number: ITEP032
    Barcode: IT
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