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Ole tarantula

Ole tarantula

A primera escucha, las mejores la 4 y la 8. El resto no me dice mucho

 ROBYN HITCHCOCK and the Venus 3 (Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Bill Rieflin) to Release New CD "OLÉ! TARANTULA" on Yep Roc October 3

 

LOS ANGELES, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jul 26, 2006 -- Idiosyncratic singer/songwriter ROBYN HITCHCOCK returns October 3 with "OLÉ! TARANTULA" (Yep Roc), aided this time around by the Venus 3 -- Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, and Bill Rieflin (aka "3/4 of the Minus 5, and half of REM," notes HITCHCOCK). Filled with oblique sketches of life and death, love and despair, HITCHCOCK describes "OLÉ! TARANTULA" as "sadness cloaked in fun. But under that sadness, more fun." Equally layered -- and every bit as dichotomous -- are the melodies, harmonies, and music created by HITCHCOCK, the Venus 3, and a handful of other visitors to the studio in Seattle where the album was recorded in September 2005 and March 2006. Guests range from former bandmates Morris Windsor (Soft Boys; the Egyptians) and Kimberley Rew (Soft Boys), to forerunners (Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan), to a pair of Seattle locals (Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger and Chris Ballew of Presidents of the United States of America) variously influenced by HITCHCOCK's keen ear for melody and his keen eye for absurdity. Dubbed the "British bard of birth, death, and all the messy, freaky stuff in between" by the Washington Post in a 2005 live review, HITCHCOCK finds himself in the same contemplative state of mind that drove his critically acclaimed 2004 album "Spooked." Hailing the "inimitable combination of sandpaper and brass" in HITCHCOCK's vocal delivery, a review of "Spooked" in the November 2004 issue of Blender concluded, "Picking up a guitar was once his life's answer; now it's an excuse to ask big questions." While that album laid bare his whimsical lyrics and wistful melodies over a stark musical backdrop courtesy of acoustic wunderkinds Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, "OLÉ! TARANTULA" paints in broad musical strokes from HITCHCOCK's deftly surrealist brush. "We sound like a smart garage band, to my ears, when we play live," says HITCHCOCK of his teaming with the Venus 3. "The record is a little more tidy, but they still rock, and rock me along with them. This is the rockingest record I've made in years."  

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