Lift Your Head Up
“Starpool” is the official entry for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest 2026! This is a song about imagination through despair, and finding another way.
The NPR Tiny Desk Contest features independent music artists and is a cool showcase of songwriting, and desks! The Repressions desk is floating among the stars behind them, and very tiny.
It was a pleasure to make this video. We hope you enjoy it.
New YouTube video today! Starpool is about imagination through anxiety. We hope you enjoy this live performance of this dreamy song.
New YouTube video today! The Repressions love theme songs, and this one is a favorite! Filmed live at the October 14th Astoria Music Collective show at Shillelagh Tavern.
New YouTube video today! Starpool is a song about using your imagination to help you through hardships. We cannot knock over every obstacle in our path, but what if we could fly over or around it instead?
Filmed live at Alewife in Sunnyside, Queens, NYC, with Astoria Music Collective.
This is a song about knocking down the towers that crop up before us…
The Repressions 