Strange Bird

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Augie March- Strange BirdReview Augie March have Mercury Rev's theatricality, Jeff Buckley's dramatics, Tom Waits' elliptical shapes and the Dirty Three's sense of teetering -- Sydney Morning Herald, October 2003Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks leading the Flaming Lips; the "White Album" performed by Super Furry Animals. David Fricke -- Rolling Stone, December 2003Fourteen tracks of pastoral beauty, labyrinthine arrangements, and breathtaking prose render the listener unable to take one listen. 4/5 -- All Music Guide, 2004Strange Bird is without a doubt, the best Australian album released this year and deserves all the accolades (*****) -- The Buzz, 2002simmering, sweet powderkeg is perfectly produced - it's got all those spine-tingling elements without any filler for over an hour -- The Big Takeover, December 2003 Product Description Strange Bird is the wonderful album from Augie March! Recorded at Sing Sing in Melbourne with Chris Thompson & in Sydney at Megaphone with Paul McKercher & Big Jesusburger with Chris Townend respectively. Strange Bird is more concise than the epic 'Sunset Studies', yet covers more sonic terrain. It veers from the sweet, building harmony of 'The Vineyard', through the Wild West gallop of 'This Train', the heavy 'Song in the Key of Chance' & muted melancholy of 'O Mi Sol Mi Lon' to the plaintive balladry of 'The Night is a Blackbird', & that's all in the first half hour. Like it's predecessor, Strange Bird includes two tracks recorded by the band themselves (O Mi Sol LI Lon & Sunstroke House), originally meant as demos but which ended up making the grade. BMG. 2004. From the Artist The band had set up camp in a disused telephone company building in Preston, outer Melbourne, in 2002 to write the album that would become Strange Bird. By the time they hit the studio they had a swag of tunes that were fresh out of the place where music comes from. The results were very satisfactory. It was recorded at over several sessions at several studios with several engineers: at Sing Sing in Melbourne with Chris Thompson, in Sydney at Megaphon with Paul McKercher, at Big Jesusburger with Chris Townend, and two tracks were recorded by the band themselves (O Mi Sol Li Lon and Sunstroke House) - originally meant as demo?s but which ended up making the grade. It covers a lot of sonic terrain, veering from the sweet, building harmony of The Vineyard, through the Wild West gallop of This Train, the heavy Song in the Key of Chance and muted melancholy of O Mi Sol Mi Lon to the plaintive balladry of The Night is A Blackbird, and that?s all in the first twenty minutes. The music of Augie March is characterised by a similar originality, a similar contrast of rawness and intelligence, that make the paintings of Brett Whiteley both electrify and soothe the soul, that make the rantings of Nick Cave terrify and engage by their bleak humor, that makes Australian Rules football at once the most barbaric and most poetic of sports, and that reverberates whenever the Five Bells of A.D. Hope are rung in the mind of an initiate. Grand claims? Indeed. But even if these were merely the aspirations of a group of unemployed and shiftless twenty-somethings, wouldn't it be enough of a prospect at least? We think so. And so do Spinart, bless 'em. ! Here's to a long, fruit-bearing, partnership." It was released in Australia in October 2002 and did great things. It made its way into various listening devices in lounge rooms, venues, libraries, buses, trains, cyberspace, bedrooms, headphones, media offices and record stores all over the world. About the Artist A BRIEF HISTORY Adam, Dave and Glenn grew up in and around Shepparton in country Victoria, Australia, and met up again in Melbourne in 1996. They recruited bassist Edmond, who they were studying music with, and Augie March was born. The bands first live performance was at a gallery to celebrate a friend?s exhibition. There may have been a dubious cover version or two along with

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