About

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Hi, we’re REPAIRS. It’s nice to meet you.

Powerful, personal and political, REPAIRS are experts at playing with tension and release. Sprechgesang breaks into screaming, rhythms curtly jolt while guitars soar overhead.

Martin Phillips (he/him), James Milne (he/him) and Nicola Edwards (she/her) have been making noise together since 2017 in various places across Aotearoa New Zealand, but especially in their home base of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. REPAIRS’ shows to date have been lucky enough to include support for local heroes Die! Die! Die! and Poison City Records faves Bench Press and Moody Beaches; opening for international legends JUNE OF 44 (2023) and Screaming Females (2019); and slots at 95bFM’s Fancy New Band (2019) and The Others Way Festival (2022).

Released in the midst of 2020, debut album Repeat, Repeat was welcomed as a “delicately placed, powerful slap in the chops followed by the biggest hug you’ve ever had.” Sophomore album Disappointing Sequel continues on the themes of the 2020s, with songs about never-ending anxiety, crushing disappointment, the importance of connection – and why being angry matters.

Nationalism is still stupid.

The music the band REPAIRS make is great for fans of: Mourn, METZ and Mclusky.

“REPAIRS blend their noise rock foundation with sharp lyricism, showcasing their prowess in their craft. The driving force behind the band’s sound is both loud and immediate, underscoring the punk rock essence which permeates their songwriting.” Destroy//Exist

“Is it post-rock? Avant-garde post-industrial? I don’t think Repairs are aiming for, or even care for, a neat fit into any established genre or scene. Inevitably there might be comparisons with High Dependency Unit and Die! Die! Die!, both pioneers in New Zealand – but I think what Repairs are doing here is something else. This music stands up on new terms that are this bands alone. It’s complex, loud, critical, current, and brilliantly executed.” Muzic.net