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Cover of Repair
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Album · Cardinal Fuzz · released 2026.07.29

Repair

Water Damage

XLR rating

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Out of 10 · awaiting a listen by the desk

Press score

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Not collected yet · the reviews we read are linked below

Apple Music ↗Bandcamp ↗YouTube ↗

The player loads only when you press it · Spotify and Apple Music and Bandcamp open the artist’s page, not this record · YouTube opens a search

Tracklist

  1. 01Reel 45SGR
  2. 02Reel 38SGR
  3. 03Reel 43: Down on the StreetSGR
  4. 04Reel 41SGR

4 tracks, 76 minutes · Titles and lengths from MusicBrainz ↗ (CC0), checked 2026.10.23 · tracks: Skip · Good · On repeat, by the desk, after listening

The desk’s take

Awaiting a listen.

When someone on the desk has heard the whole record, they write a paragraph here and sign it

What the press said

  • 10.23Water Damage, “Repair”Bandcamp Daily ↗

    This might be the purest distillation of Water Damage’s ethos as a band that does away with the formalities of rock, forever in thrall to the sprawl. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily .

Headlines and short excerpts from the stories we read, each linked to its source · more appear as the press publishes them

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Style tags: MusicBrainz, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Release data: MusicBrainz ↗, matched from our headlines on 2026.10.23