First the Birds, now the Frogs!

First it was the song of threatened birds that made it to No 2 on the ARIA charts in 2021, now Frogs are trying to hop right over them into No 1 position on the ARIA charts!

Songs of Disappearance who brought us the Birds is back with an album featuring 43 of our most threatened frogs. The title track celebrates the incredible diversity of the Australian soundscape, and highlights what we stand to lose without taking action. Be immersed in a chorus of croaks singing in all corners of the country, from the mountain streams of Far North Queensland, to the caves of the Kimberley and the last remaining wetlands of our urban centres.

A collaboration between the Australian Museum FrogID project, The Bowerbird Collective, Listening Earth and Mervyn Street of Mangkaja Arts, this project, being promoted as part of FrogID Week, shows that Australians will not allow these precious voices to be silenced.

Highlighting the dedication of citizen scientists all over Australia, the majority of recordings on this album are high-quality public recordings of threatened frog species submitted to the national FrogID project. These sounds are complemented by recordings of Critically Endangered frogs contributed by some of our country’s leading scientists. The album concludes with the moving calls of several species we have already lost to extinction, as well as a selection of exquisite, meditative, amphibian soundscapes captured by master nature recordist, Andrew Skeoch of Listening Earth.

Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea) by Jodi Rowley

So, why don’t you help our frogs to hop to No 1 on the ARIA charts ahead of Taylor Swift and Michael Bublé. To achieve this, the supportive public needs to buy 5,000 copies of Songs of Disappearance before midnight, 8 December.

For $25 you receive a 50-minute CD of truly beautiful frog calls and a 16-page booklet with stunning photography and detailed liner notes. You can also order the digital version for just $9.99 which is equally helpful in reaching the ARIA chart goal.

Pre-order here!

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By the way, if you missed our Freo Frogs feature, here it is again!

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