Lift Your Head Up
Mental Health is so very misunderstood. In addition to the social stigma, there are rampant misconceptions about the help we seek. This song wants to let you know that you are not alone.
Tiny Desk Contest, West Village Shows, Twitch Shows, Cover Shows, Folk-Punk Shows and a New Single! Medicate Me arrives on February 26, and there will be many live performances before and after that. The schedule will be updated as we go.
Happy New Year!
The next offical single release will be “Medicate Me” on February 25, 2023. There are many live shows coming up, including twice weekly on Twitch. Every Tuesday from 8pm-10pm, and alternating Fridays and Saturdays.
The Twitch community contuinues to grow, and The Repressions are playing a special set on Sunday 1/22 from 7-9pm as part of the Jedi Friends Raid Train, a 4 day Music Festival.
See Nate live at Maggie Halls in Astoria on Thursday February 16th, doing all the covers (with a likely guest appearance from Barbara.)
2022 was such an important year, and there were a few moments, shows and memories that have yet to make it to the site, so here they are together, a jumble of bright lights and the finest friends and a beautiful Followcat.
The Repressions were honored to be part of V.O.I.C.E. 4 Change this fall, an Art as Activism group in NYC organized by author and activist Vigilante Vegan. Follow them for more performances from artists of all kinds who defend animals!
@voice4change @vigilantevegan
Special thanks to Craig Seeman for filiming, find videos from V.O.I.C.E. 4 Change and more activism here: @seecraig
If you’re feeling out of sorts because you care about things, this song is for you. Click below to listen or download on all of these many music platforms.
Ambient versions of Repressions songs, A Halloween themed Animal Rights Arts Event, a Radio feature, and a new single! Let’s Get Depressed arrives on November 22, and there will be many live performances before and after that. The schedule will be updated as we go.
The Repressions are back to the in-person stage after two years of livestreaming-only, with two shows in July (7/13 and 7/30.) First up, you are invited to LIC Bar in Long Island City, Queens, an open, relaxing venue that is a constant for terrific live indie music. On Wednesday July 13th, The Repressions join Alexander Bishop (8pm) and Elliot Greer (10pm) and will take the stage at 9pm. Admission is free, feelings will be felt and there are so many songs to share!
WED
Jul 13
LIC Bar
9:00 PM in Long Island City, NY
The Repressions are humbly excited to announce their entry video “Let’s Get Depressed,” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest 2021. NPR has been doing Tiny Desk Concerts for many years on All Songs Considered. The contest features independent artists and gives a great showcase of musical talent, songwriting, and creative use and placement of desks!
Here is the link to the contest on NPR, and a link to YouTube to like and comment on the video. Thank you!
https://tinydeskcontest.npr.org/2021/browse/?id=3983196
Catch The Repressions every Tuesday and Friday evening at 8pm EST on https://www.twitch.tv/the_repressions ! Live stream music shows are full of fun, twinkle lights, engaging chat, and song requests. Follow the channel for occasional bonus streams, including live artwork creations!
The Repressions are performing live from home every week, and still recording! Look for their next single, “Life Size Unicorn,” to be released in May 2021.
When we are in deep despair, walking through the world around us can be a dissociative experience, looking at others who seem “normal” as though they exist in some other realm, where doing everyday activities and enjoying life is no challenge. Depression, and states of feeling outside of the conventional society, can make us feel as though we are only floating through the traditional world, unseen.
This new video on Youtube today features Barbara Dragon performing The Repressions original song “Ghost Walk” and hoping very much that it makes someone out there feel understood, and not alone.
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