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ROBYN HITCHCOCK

A TRUE individual whose eccentric, surreal and very English psychedelic folk rock has earnt him a worldwide cult following notably including REM's Michael Stipe and Peter Buck who have appeared on his records.

Seen as a man who carried on where Syd Barrett left off with 70's band The Soft Boys he went solo in '81, releasing a long line of acclaimed albums including 'I Often Dream Of Trains' which contained 'Uncorrected Personality Traits'.
His '93 album 'Respect' was produced by John Leckie and was comparable to Love's legendary 'Forever Changes' album, again going vividly where most people would never imagine.

He recently toured the USA with Flaming Lips and Sebodah and has a new album out on Warner Brothers called 'Jewels For Sophia' (featuring Peter Buck and Grant Lee Phillips).
His musical connection between west coast psychedelia and folk is a sweet, idiosyncratic, surreal and often tainted with love's odour affair and once again we look forward to a live show festooned with his streams of consciousness patter.


In recent years he has toured the states with The Flaming Lips and Sebadoh, released the albums Jewels For Sophia (featuring Peter Buck and Grant Lee Philips) and A Star For Bram. A rare and inspiring experience guaranteed.

Support comes from highly talentented and respected Irish singer-songwriter Mundy He has a new album out 24 Star Hotel, which follows up Jellylegs, from which came the single To You I Bestow (also featured in film Romeo & Juliet) and saw him tour with Alanis, Van Morrison, Neil Young and The Manics.


 


LINK:

Robyn Hitchcock Homepage

 

Appeared January 2000