"The Cold Acre" is a song by Australian band
Augie March. It was released in 2006 as the second and final single from the band's third studio album, ''
Moo, You Bloody Choir
''Moo, You Bloody Choir'' is the third studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March. It was released in 2006 in Australia by BMG. It entered the ARIA album charts at #10 and was nominated for Album of the Year at the ARIA Music Aw ...
''.
In
Bernard Zuel
Bernard Zuel is an Australian music journalist. Zuel wrote for Fairfax Media newspapers ''The Age'' and ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' since 1992. He became their senior music writer and reviewer. Zuel is a judge of the Australian Music Prize a ...
's review of the album, he described how the song's "lyrics fill me with wonder. From a homeless man facing death with equanimity ('And when I go my bones will know/ to pick up and follow the wagon that rolls on the cold acre')."
describes the lyrics as "beautiful lines, and they talk to each other."
Billboard Magazine
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described the song as "gentle and poppy, layered with piano and harmonies".
At the
ARIA Music Awards of 2007 the music video for "Cold Acre", directed by Ben Saunders and Germain McMicking, was nominated for
ARIA Award for Best Video.
In February to March 2007 the group undertook a nationwide Cold Acre Tour to support the single and its album.
In March 2015 the song's writer,
Glenn Richards
Glenn Anthony Richards (born 29 December 1973) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay guitarist singer-songwriter for the Australian rock band Augie March.
Early life
Richards was born in Shepparton, Victoria on 29 December 1973. ...
, jokingly told an enthusiastic audience member, "You can have it... It makes me about 50 cents a year in APRA cheques. Just wash my windows once a week and it’s yours."
Music video
The landscape of the video is set in a vast open forest as lead singer Richards is rolling a
boulder
In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.
In c ...
along a track. Along the way he ventures through a cleared section of the forest, where logged trees are noticed. He then comes across various people (the other band members) lending him a hand to push the boulder up a slope. At the top of the track, legs emerge from this boulder, which then flees from the band members, running down the slope.
Track listing
#"The Cold Acre" - 5:38
References
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2006 singles
Augie March songs
2006 songs