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Nostalgic for 2025? Songs in no particular order - yep, that fits this past year.
Won't Quit You - the Gnomes, from their self-titled debut album, a November release
The Perfect Crime - the Ups And Downs, from their album Stained Glass Memories, sort of a greatest hits album that came out in April. We cheated a little bit - the song first appeared as a single in 1985.
Stuck In the Past - the Breadmakers, from their album Lonesome Sundown, a March release.
God's A Different Sword - Folk Bitch Trio, from their first album, Now Would Be A Good Time, a July release.
Aquarium Cowgirl - Babe Rainbow, a new single from their latest album Slipper Imp And Shakaerator, also a March release.
Sister Bertrille - the Double Happiness, name checking the title character in the 1960s sit-com The Flying Nun, the song is on their album Spacetime, a September release.
People Settle Down - Dylan Young and his crew Way Dynamic, the song is on their album Massive Shoe, which came out in August.
Tis the season for the Saints
Long March Through the Jazz Age - Chris Bailey* and friends with his final Saints album, recorded in 2018 in Sydney but not released until November 2025. Two tracks:
- Break Away
- Bruises.
And to remind us of where the Saints started - in Brisbane in the 1970s, two tracks from their 1976 debut LP, which received the box set vinyl reissue treatment in November 2024.
- Story of Love
- the title track ( I'm) Stranded
Renewable resources in 2025
Something That I Said - Chris Wilson, from his album King For A Day, originally released in 2002, given the vinyl reissue treatment in August.
Other Side of the Mountain - Suzannah Espie from her 2012 album Sea of Lights. It was reissued on vinyl in November.
A new greatest hits compilation by You Am I, The Dollop & The Wallop, which came out in November.
Purple Sneakers, originally on their 1995 album Hi Fi Way.
The Cream and the Crock, from their 1998 release, You Am I's #4 Record.
Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp starts us off, moves us along, and tells us when we're done.
*Long March Through the Jazz Age was the last recorded work by Chris Bailey and the Saints, coinciding closely with what would have been Bailey’s 69th birthday. Recorded in late 2018 at Church Street Studios in Sydney, Bailey and longtime Saints drummer Pete Wilkinson flew in from Europe to reunite with guitarist/engineer Sean Carey, who had previously toured and recorded with the band. They were joined by Davey Lane (You Am I) on guitar, plus session players.
The Saints formed in Brisbane in 1973 and recorded their debut single (I'm) Stranded in 1976. The single caught the attention of Sounds magazine in Britain where it was declared “the single of this week and every week”, which led to EMI Australia picking up the band and releasing their full-length debut in 1977.
