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Can't Stop It! II: Australian Post-punk 1979-84 (Deluxe Edition)

£37.99

Released: 4th September 2026. The second instalment of Chapter Music's acclaimed Australian post-punk compilation series 'Can't Stop It!' is released on vinyl for the first time as a deluxe double album. The compilation was originally released on CD in 2007 and presents an incredible array of inventive and often previously unheard music from the period 1979-1984. Now Chapter Music updates the compilation with six never before reissued bonus tracks, plus new liner notes, photos and layout. This is a fantastically rich and dynamic time in Australian music history, a time when Australia stepped out of the shadows of overseas influence and asserted its own musical identity for perhaps the first time. 'Can't Stop It! II features tracks that have now become touchstones in Australia's post-punk history, including 'Lamborghini' by Severed Heads and proto Oz-rap classic 'Do the Job' by Use No Hooks, plus early works by the likes of Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard and Hunters & Collectors' Mark Seymour. Bonus tracks include the astounding 'How' by Brisbane's This Five Minutes, which pre-dates The Stone Roses' 'Fools Gold' by at least five years, and Tasmania's own performance punk Chainmale with his outlandish 'Freakout'.

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  • Details

    Released:
    4th September 2026
    Category:
    Rock/Pop, Compilation
    Format:
    Vinyl 12" Album
    Barcode:
    747742113147
  • Description

    The second instalment of Chapter Music's acclaimed Australian post-punk compilation series 'Can't Stop It!' is released on vinyl for the first time as a deluxe double album. The compilation was originally released on CD in 2007 and presents an incredible array of inventive and often previously unheard music from the period 1979-1984. Now Chapter Music updates the compilation with six never before reissued bonus tracks, plus new liner notes, photos and layout. This is a fantastically rich and dynamic time in Australian music history, a time when Australia stepped out of the shadows of overseas influence and asserted its own musical identity for perhaps the first time. 'Can't Stop It! II features tracks that have now become touchstones in Australia's post-punk history, including 'Lamborghini' by Severed Heads and proto Oz-rap classic 'Do the Job' by Use No Hooks, plus early works by the likes of Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard and Hunters & Collectors' Mark Seymour. Bonus tracks include the astounding 'How' by Brisbane's This Five Minutes, which pre-dates The Stone Roses' 'Fools Gold' by at least five years, and Tasmania's own performance punk Chainmale with his outlandish 'Freakout'.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.International Voltage
    The Systematics
    2.Let's Be Sophisticated
    International Exiles
    3.The Crush
    Asphixiation
    4.Watch My Hands
    Tactics
    5.Lamborghini
    Severed Heads
    6.The Pirate Song
    The Goat That Went 'OM'
    7.Do the Job
    Use No Hooks
    8.Centrefold
    Microfilm
    9.Swiss Like Knives and Forks
    Scattered Order
    10.Newspaper
    The Jetsonnes
    11.The Now Generation
    Rhythmx Chymx
    12.Mothers at War
    Brrr Cold
    13.See Saw
    Solipsik

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    14.Charging the Lighthouse
    Wild Dog Rodeo
    15.Treasure Island
    Belle Du Soir
    16.God's Buzzsaw
    Ya Ya Choral
    17.I Feel a Song Coming On
    Essendon Airport
    18.Sidetracking
    The Swell Guys
    19.Somewhere (Feat. Anneke Van Giersbergen)
    Scapa Flow
    20.Never Mind
    Nuvo Bloc
    21.Purple Hearts
    Lachelle
    22.Freakout
    Chainmale
    23.How
    This Five Minutes
    24.People With Leukaemia
    Chocolate Grinders
    25.Living Out of Living
    Tiny Town
    26.Baby Love
    Aural Indifference
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