Ole! Tarantula

Robyn Hitchcock sought out some old friends to record his new album, Ole Tarantula, and he found the Venus 3: Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Bill Rieflin. By enlisting '3/4s of the Minus 5 and half of R.E.M,' Hitchcock has created what he calls, 'the rockingest record I've made in years.' While the album roars with the garage-fueled energy of his Soft Boys days, Hitchcock's lyricism continues to drive his songs. The New York Times says, '[His songs] bridge the psychedelia of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett and the archetypal English 'nonsense' of Edward Lear,' and Rolling Stone says, 'Robyn Hitchcock's songs are a lot like the genetic code: they're tough to crack, but the secret of life is in there somewhere.'