Moo, You Bloody Choir

After three years of record store exile, Melbourne quintet Augie March are back on the page with their new offering 'Moo, You Bloody Choir'.

'Moo, You Bloody Choir' is the band's third album. It may be that you're still swimming in the prismatic wordplay and intriguing sonic details of their ecstatically acclaimed 'Sunset Studies' (2000) and 'Strange Bird' (2002) albums, but neither disposability nor immediate transparency are high among Augie March's strengths. So sue them. Or lend an ear.

Offering three years worth of songs from the pen of Glenn Richards (in our humble opinion, unquestionably one of the greatest songwriters of our time), 'Moo, You Bloody Choir' is a potent example of Augie March at their finest.

'Moo, You Bloody Choir' was recorded in Melbourne, San Francisco and the band's own Second World studio in Nagambie in country Victoria. It was variously produced by Australian studio legend Paul McKercher, by Captain Beefheart/ PJ Harvey alumnus Eric Drew Feldman, and by Augie March, and was mixed by Mark Howard (Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan).

The first single taken from 'Moo, You Bloody Choir', 'One Crowded Hour', is a song that spins from a gentle finger-picked waltz into an epic melodrama piled high with layers of fleeting joy and dashed hope, all gathering spin under some drunken mirror ball.

As with previous Augie March releases, a limited collectors edition of 'Moo, You Bloody Choir' will be released.

Augie March are on the road throughout April/May 2006 for a national tour in support of the album - grab a ticket while you still can.