***ROBYN HITCHCOCK returns with a brand new album and a backing band comprised of THE VENUS 3—PETER BUCK, SCOTT McCAUGHEY, and BILL RIEFLIN. While the album roars with the garage-fueled energy of his SOFT BOYS days, Hitchcock's lyricism continues to drive his songs. Ole Tarantula was engineered by Seattle mainstay KURT BLOCH and features a cast of recurrent and new characters in the Hitchcock story: MORRIS WINDSOR (SOFT BOYS, EGYPTIANS), SEAN NELSON (HARVEY DANGER), CHRIS BALLEW (PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA), KIMBERLY REW (SOFT BOYS) and IAN McLAGEN (THE FACES).