Strange Bird is the second studio album by the Australian indie rock band Augie March.

[3] Strange Bird was quite a departure for the band, replacing the often mellow melodies of the first album with a more expansive, direct sound.

Waltz received some industry recognition through nominations at the 2000 ARIA Music Awards,[4] but neither EP was a mainstream success.

[7] Strange Bird was written in an abandoned telephone company building in Preston, a suburb of Melbourne.

[11] Pitchfork Media's Joe Tangari suggested the listener place the lines "Onward and on to the ends of love/ Pricked vanity, habit and ruse/ Onward and on to a premature silence/ Where death finds too much use" from "This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers" in the context of Dawson's recent death to obtain a greater understanding of their meaning.