Meet The Venus 3

I don't think I've mentioned it here yet, but Robyn Hitchcock has a new album coming out on October 3rd called Ole! Tarantula (Yep Roc). The first song from the album, "Adventure Rocketship", is astoundingly good. Listen for yourself.

Robyn's backing band on the album is an outfit known as The Venus 3. Never heard of 'em? You may know them as 3/4 of the Minus 5 - Scott McCaughey, Peter Buck and Bill Rieflin. Also popping up on the album are Morris Windsor (Soft Boys/Egyptians), Kimberley Rew (Soft Boys), Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger), Chris Ballew (Presidents of The United States of America) and Ian McLagan (Faces). Umm, that's quite a lineup.

Ole! Taratula is available for pre-order through Yep Roc now. The first 500 pre-orders come with an exclusive bonus disc featuring live versions of "A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations, Briggs" and "Underground Sun," plus a previously unreleased track, "Embryo Twirl".