it... The mixing is pretty wacky. The fidelity of that record is pretty in your face. I didn't really know anything about creating space in mixes, everything's really up and your face and crowded. It was such fun." His second solo album, Sympathy for the New World was released in 2008 via Mistletone Records. The Ages Jo Roberts compared it to his previous album, "[it] swims even deeper into fantastic labyrinthine worlds of singing strings, ghostly brass and fluid, visceral sounds that take on an almost filmic quality, especially when paired with McLennan's vivid, at times out-there lyrics. Like Beck, Brian Wilson or Lambchop's Kurt Wagner, McLennan's musical vision is unimpeded by predictability or tradition." McLennan felt, "it's a lot darker kind of record. I think my lack of humour was starting to kick in a bit. I was also on medication at the time and that changed my brain a little bit too." Sympathy for the New World was nominated and then short-listed for the Australian Music Prize (AMP) of 2008. A third solo album, The Night's Deeds Are Vapour, was released in 2013. It was long-listed for the AMP of 2013. In October 2017 he issued his fourth solo album, All the Colours Print Can Manage. Discography Albums Awards and nominations Australian Music Prize The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. The commenced in 2005. |- | 2008 |For the New World | Australian Music Prize | |- References External links Official site Australian musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people)