Mercy Covers "National Drag" is a fun

"National Drag" is a fun semi-romp

" and the equally controversial "Bobby Brown Goes Down

this polished yet dark album makes a bold statement in the Australian punk scene

in his first recordings as a leader

and their influences on each other can be heard in the recordings

Mercy Covers "National Drag" is a funDigital Regress's foray into the fabled NZ underground hops over to the North Island for two exquisite pieces of acoustic DIY and shadowy, cracked pastoralia. After a few years spleen venting at the front of Wellington art brutes Shoes This High, Brent Hayward struck out on his own, self releasing a few EPs as Smelly Feet before forming The Kiwi Animal with Julie Cooper in 1982. The duo released their first album, Music Media, on Massage Records