VIPP II, by VIPP (Volunteers in Policing Program)

VIPP II

by VIPP (Volunteers in Policing Program)

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1.	Dancing 02:26	buy track
2.	No Flowers 01:52	buy track
3.	Letters 02:36	buy track
4.	Rubble 00:54	buy track
5.	Spitting Pink 03:01	buy track
6.	Ceiling Fan (Live At Thrill Hill Brisbane) 02:17	buy track
7.	A Walk To The Beach 01:10	buy track
8.	Hangman (Traditional/Jean Ritchie) 03:20	buy track
9.	Hikikomori Helpline 02:55	buy track
10.	A Walk To The Shops 00:33	buy track
11.	Happy Days 03:02	buy track

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The long awaited second album from Sydney's Volunteers In Policing Program (V.I.P.P). 11 tracks of love & loss!
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released May 19, 2023

V.I.P.P is Ewan Finley, Ben Luke, Sabina Rysnik, and Joe Sukit.

Some kind words from Max Easton (@maxeeeestn) about the tape -

Let’s be honest. Even though we all support the output of those tied to the contemporary underground missive (and have filled our shelves and drawers with the cassettes they have produced,) there’s only a handful we turn back to, yes? For me, there’s probably a dozen, and the 2017 V.I.P.P tape is one of those stayers. Under the scratch, hiss and creaks of the tape’s production rests some of the most effective songwriting quirks I’ve heard in a bedroom folk release. Experiments fight for space with the measured and precise, and the lyrical turns are always unexpected. You’d be hard pressed to hear such misery as in the admission of once attending a horse riding camp (“I never got to ride.”) You’d struggle to be given an explanation of a compulsion more valid than, “because I like the touch of polyester.” And I swear to you, that a pat statement has never alluded to love and heartbreak (in equal parts) as good as the line: “all of my televisions are tuned to your favourite channel.” These recordings have stayed in my head for six years now, and have become a part of my internal soundtrack. They call back to a time when Sydney’s DIY groupings felt especially experimental and genre-agnostic, due in no small part to the arrival of V.I.P.P and songwriter Ewan Finley’s related projects of Aloha Units and Sex Tourists. That these recordings have been reissued by new label Garden Seat is great news for all who don’t have a copy on hand. I recommend reaching for this tape on the blue days and the tired days, first thing in the morning, or in the dead of the night; it has never let me down and it’s nice to be able to vouch for it.

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released January 6, 2023

Recorded by Ewan Finley except for 'Ceiling Fan' recorded live at Thrill Hill in Brisbane by Marek Rygielski.

Mastered by Matt Kennedy.

Artwork by Kaspar Kagi.

Eternal Soundcheck 2023.
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