With a salty salute to Sparks and a neurotic nod to Neu, “Hi Gene!” was written, recorded, mixed, filmed, and edited over three days as an unreasonable challenge Glenn set himself in the first week of the pandemic. As usual, he beat himself soundly.
With a new solo album in the works for later this year, a year in which he celebrates not just the 20th anniversary of the seminal first Augie March album “Sunset Studies”, but also the 10th anniversary of the best Augie March album that wasn’t, his spellbinding 2010 “Glimjack”, GR sends this odd, spiky little tune out as a hello and a reminder to keep your hands, if not your minds, clean as the lockdown eases.
From Glenn: “Augie had a big year planned and we’re hoping to be able to reschedule our Sunset Studies shows for November, but the virus has meant that a planned album will now take a back seat to something entirely new and, so far, really bloody good. I’m confident we’ll see an excellent GR album this year followed by an extraordinary AM album next year. In the meantime I hope you enjoy this half cut home brew, it harks a little to my early years when I had more brain cells but there were far less chords in music. The gist is we need to be clean with our bodies but our culture in general could use a little more dirt beneath its fingernails. Also, dogs are the best people. Stay safe and spread this ludicrous clip like it’s a vaccine. Xg2020”
- The Good Gardener
