Sunset Studies by Augie March

Sunset Studies, Augie March's debut album, arrived in Australia in October 2000, and it's an ambitious, sprawling first step from a band formed in Shepparton, Victoria. It took a year to make, across five studios with three different producers, and you can hear the care: dense, lush arrangements built as a backdrop for Glenn Richards, the band's singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter, with Adam Donovan on lead guitar.

Richards' lyrics are the draw, bookish and poetic, sung in a voice that twists and turns around the melody. Critics loved it, and at the 2001 ARIA Music Awards it picked up four nominations, winning Engineer of the Year for Chris Dickie, Chris Thompson, Paul McKercher and Richard Pleasance. "There is No Such Place" gave the countdowns a taste of it the following year.

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