Augie March frontman Glenn Richard's spoke to Triple J about his forthcoming solo record.

Since Augie March wrapped up their recent activities with a final show in Melbourne before going on hiatus, frontman Glenn Richards has been working on a solo album. The singer has been sequestered in a Fairfield warehouse for the last month, pulling together his long-threatened solo recording with the help of Mike Noga (The Drones), Dan Luscombe (The Drones, Blackeyed Susans), Ben Bourke (Ned Collette Band) and older brother Chris (Adam Cole and the Pollen Choir).

Richards spoke to Triple J about the the solo effort:

"Why a solo album? A question nobody has asked me yet but one I'll answer with all due defensive posture. May as well ask "why an album at all?", an even better and more probing question, and even less likely to be asked than the original. Because it's not really a solo album, it's another album of songs written by me that happens to feature other players and a deliberately low rent approach to the making. It's "Glenn Richards" because I was too dumb to call Augie March that in the first place. I could be almost middle class by now had I done that."

The singer was scheduled to appear last Saturday in Melbourne alongside friends the Dead Salesman at the East Brunswick Club, but pulled out at the last minute due to sickness. He will however be setting out with Clare Bowditch throughout October as the special guest on her 'Modern Day Addiction' national tour. Dates here.

Elsewhere, the remainding members of Augie March haven't been idle. Drummer Dave Williams and keyboardist Kiernan Box have been backing up Dan Kelly, while guitarist Adam Donovan has been moonlighting on bass in the Ned Collette Band as they tour through Europe.