"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.
In Bernard Zuel'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')."[1]Robert Forster describes the lyrics as "beautiful lines, and they talk to each other."[2]Billboard Magazine described the song as "gentle and poppy, layered with piano and harmonies".[3]
In February to March 2007 the group undertook a nationwide Cold Acre Tour to support the single and its album.[6] In March 2015 the song's writer, Glenn Richards, 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."[7]
Music videoedit
The landscape of the video is set in a vast open forest as lead singer Richards is rolling a boulder 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.
^"The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 24 September 2007. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^Bonus, Jade (11 January 2007). "Augie March Announce 'Cold Acre' Tour!". The Dwarf. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^Hogan, Matthew (30 March 2015). "Augie on March Again". The West Australian. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
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