Composed from notes made on a mobile phone while in the grip of a species of long Covid and a brutal high European Summer, Malagrotta is the new album from songwriter Glenn Richards and band Augie March.
The songs of Malagrotta ~ a nickname given to Rome’s great burning rubbish dump, loosely translating as ‘bad cave’ ~ chart this infernal tour, walking in the sandals of long dead kings, mad alcoholic refugees, successful anarchist bankers, failed revolutionary jesters, chastened muses, hybridised mythic wild men, seasonally sad office-bound river dwellers, and pagan priests of alternate antiquities, among many other characters.
It is another work of strange imagination and unique perspective on the human condition from the much admired Australian band that sails on whatever the weather, or the budget.
Malagrotta is available to order on Compact Disc and Vinyl LP from our shop, and by download from Bandcamp (with bonus track 'Mules').
In addition to regular black vinyl, we are offering a limited edition run of 150 recycled red vinyl.
The process used in its manufacture ~ recycling coloured vinyl used recently at the vinyl pressing plant ~ means this shade of red is a one off.
This appealed to us as it echoes the process of producing an album: using whatever is on hand to compose a phrase, build a sound, tap out a rhythm or record a part. And why not offer an album named after a giant overflowing rubbish tip in Rome pressed onto vinyl offcuts saved from landfill heh?
Tracklisting:
1. O Desejado
2. German Beer
3. Hill of Muses
4. Malagrotta
5. A Walk Along the Tiber
6. Horn of Plenty
7. Irrational Anthem
8. All Along the Isar
9. Napoleon is Colour Blind
10. Every Song a Miracle
11. This
12. This Ought to Do It
Released: October 4, 2024