Mt Augustus try to play folk music without all of that boring self importance. Mt Augustus try to play indie rock without all of the preening hipsterdom. Mt Augustus like to play really fucking loudly so that you'll give up trying to talk to your friend at the bar. Mt Augustus like to play really fucking quietly so that you can't hear them unless you stop talking to your friend at the bar. Mt Augustus sometimes play fuzzed up pop music like Neutral Milk Hotel or Weezer. Mt Augustus sometimes play quiet folk music like Low or Elliott Smith. Mt Augustus try to play lots of instruments without any real knowledge of what the hell they're doing. Mt Augustus try to play shows without any of that slick professionalism that is so prevalent elsewhere, but equally without falling apart on stage. Mt Augustus try to write songs about life, love and death while keeping a sense of both humour and wonder. Mt Augustus are a bunch of pretentious twats. Mt Augustus are a group of lovable rogues. Mt Augustus try not to shoot themselves in the foot too often with their self depreciative comments. Mt Augustus try too damn hard to be your favourite band. Mt Augustus don't try hard enough to be your favourite band. Sometimes Mt Augustus can be very trying.
Monolith EP - 2007
Available from Rockinghorse Records (in the main music section, NOT in Local Music) and Music Scene Indooroopilly.
1. Lost & Found
2. Club Soda
3. You Were The Last One To Reply
4. Edith
5. Symbiosis
6. You're Not Hopeless
"The heartfelt caterwauls of ragged vocals, mandolins and steel-string acoustics are also closer to your doorstep than you have probably taken the time to notice. Mt. Augustus have been treading the floorboards of Brisbane for almost two years and with Monolith they deliver on a bunch of songs that should rival our love of cult-laden bands such as Okkervil River." - Time Off Magazine, September 2007
"Employing folk instrumentation, but with a lack of significant overlap, Mt Augustus end up with a soothing, stripped-back sound... while it doesn't sit so pretty, it does provoke an ache and yearning only good folk groups convey easily." - Rave Magazine, August 2007
You can download assorted tracks from www.triplejunearthed.com/MtAugustus .
Mt Augustus is a real mountain. It is located in north-west Australia, somewhat near where Cam lived for a few years. It is the largest monolith in the world (about twice the size of Uluru, aka: Ayer's Rock), although much of it is underground.
All songs were recorded by Incremental Records
