Augie March - Watch Me Disappear (Album)

One of Australia’s favourite bands, Augie March are back with Watch Me Disappear recorded at Neil Finn's Roundhead studios in New Zealand and produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, The Shins). The follow up album to 2007’s huge success Moo, You Bloody Choir which won the 2007 Australian Music Prize, was nominated for 7 ARIA awards and achieved platinum sales. The single One Crowded Hour took out the coveted top spot on Triple J's Hottest 100 countdown and singer Glenn Richards won two APRA awards.

At times this album shows that it was written and recorded in under 18 months, it can be slow and uninteresting. Then it produces a song that changes those feelings towards the album. Farmer’s Son and Dogsday are two that stand out and feel the most like it would fit on Moo, You Bloody Choir. Dogsday could possibly hold the most commercial appeal of all the songs on the album.

Pennywhistle is a chirpy little track and the best on the album, it is Watch Me Disappear's One Crowded Hour. It seems to have elements of a Paul Kelly song or even a crowded house song and it gets better with every listen. Glenn Richards is voice is in fine form and certainly has no terrors of the 3AM.

The Slant is a chilling tale, backed by the finger plucking guitar, about the life of a convict in Hobart and the relief in his hanging. Continuing the Tasmanian theme, The Glenorchy Bunyip holds a special place, having lived in Glenorchy several years ago. It’s a sped up Augie March, a catchy track that should have Tasmanian’s jiving along to the speedy rock of the track

Whilst not Moo, You Bloody Choir, Watch Me Disappear has it’s place. It will need more than one listen, but it grows on you.

The Watch Me Disappear Tour hits the cities through October and November for a series of shows that will feature material from that so-named forthcoming album, Watch Me Disappear.

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