Angie Pepper / The Passengers - It's Just That I Miss You 

One of my favourite Australian Punk / Garage singers / bands from the late 70s through to the early 80s. Think Patti Smith, Blondie and 60s girl group sounds.

Listened to this whilst eating a cookie monster cupcake my neighbour's son made us as a thank you for being good neighbours and returning their balls from over the fence. Day made honestly. 

This is a collection of tracks from the Gadigal /Sydney band The Passengers and later band The Angie Pepper Band formed with her husband and famed Radio Birdman co-founder Deniz Tek. Both bands were short lived and their material is limited. They are often overlooked in Australian music retrospectives from that era. When I think of record store day and the spirit of represses for the day, I think albums like this ought to be repressed. Not some shitty motorhead lost tapes volume 6 live in the 90s... 

I first discovered Angie Pepper on the cult Australian "Do the Pop" garage/punk compilation from 2002. It was my first year at uni and I was heavily into that stuff at the time. Angie's voice is incredible. The hooks on these tracks are chef's kiss. Face With No Name is one of my all-time favourite tracks. I found a 45 in the wild at a record fair couple of years ago. 

This album comp was only released on CD. I think you can stream it on YouTube. I realised how lazy my listening habits have been by putting streaming on when not spinning records. I had really missed this album. 

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