STACK #259 May 2026

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Words: Paul Jones

AUGIE MARCH MOO, YOU BLOODY CHOIR (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION – ALABASTER VINYL) A side from the obvious financial incentives and extras like exclusive packaging

accessible music, all the while maintaining the band’s ‘high art’ reputation. The songs are melodic, intense, adventurous, and sincere. This is an album that demands your auditory attention from start to finish. Richards’ voice is magnetic as the lyrics curl from his tongue, rich in poetic imagery. Led by the soaring, panoramic melodrama of One Crowded Hour , the record oscillates between the Dylan esque street poetry of The Cold Acre and the sea-shanty eccentricity of Thin Captain Crackers . Moo, You Bloody Choir is a 66-minute masterclass in atmospheric tension, where tracks like Victoria’s Secrets echo the rock grandeur of Jeff Buckley, while The Honey Month slides into an ethereal daydream. From the boogie-woogie

adrenaline of The Baron of Sentiment to the haunting, lo-fi sigh of the seven-minute epic Clockwork , the album is

TOP TRACKS

One Crowded Hour The Honey Month Bottle Baby

thoughtful and quietly powerful. It remains the definitive statement of a band that mastered the art of the beautiful, intellectual burn.

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION? To mark this significant milestone, Augie March have pressed an anniversary edition in fetching alabaster coloured vinyl. The double album is housed in a freshly designed gold and maroon cover, complete with full lyrics and credit sheet.

and coloured vinyl, there is another important benefit to anniversary albums. They serve not only as reminders of classic music from a time long past, but also as points of discovery for new listeners who may not even have been born when the record was first released. Shepparton band Augie March’s Moo, You Bloody Choir is an excellent example of this. Released back in 2006, the band’s killer third album deserves its day in the sun once again.

One of the most distinctive Australian records of the 2000s, it marked a creative, more assured leap for the quintet. A sprawling and emotionally charged collection of songs, chief writer Glenn Richards crafted a suite of more

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