Cong Josie + Garry Sacred Sacred Money

Off the back of his 2024 EBM meets rockabilly greaser album Moto Zone. Cong Josie returns with a new partner in crime : the legendary Garry Gray, aka Garry Sacred of seminal Aussie swamp-rock outfit Sacred Cowboys. The two met in early 2025 when Cong fessed up to ripping off the Cowboys’ track ‘Nothing Grows in Texas’ on ‘1300 Scorpio’, the two recognise a kindred spirit, bonded over their love for Alan Vega and 70’s oz-boogie and next thing you know, we’ve got this scorchin’ EP. The record kicks off with a re-recording mash-up of the aforementioned ‘1300 Scorpio’ & ‘Nothing Grows in Texas’ in ‘1300 Texico’. Like leather clad twins mysteriously separated by a decade or two, there is an undeniable synchronicity at play. If you know these two musicians, you can imagine the burning heat they produce together. It feels right, it feels inevitable. What follows just gets better. Sacred Money conjures the dread power and unrelenting pull of money-seduction. Next is a triplet of on-theme cover versions starting with the lead single from the record, a sleazy and sinister cover of the cannonic Oz-boogie-era song, ‘I’ll Be Gone’ (originally by Spectrum 1971). Side two smacks you straight in the face with a blood pumpin’ rendition of Suicide’s ‘Fast Money Music’ followed by a deep cut from The Kinks underrated 1974 concept record Preservtion Act 2 : ‘Money Talks’. The record closes with the title track ‘Sacred Money’ a tripped out ode to/ lament for/ rail against, you guessed it… money. Strap in for a one of a kind modern classic of uncompromising punk vision calling for action while demonstrating the heart and the power of community and creativity. Rise up, rob a bank and pull out those leathers, this one’s two punch banger.