Dr. Robert
Out There

Dr. Robert, iconic singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with The Blow Monkeys, releases his tenth solo album ‘Out There’ via Fencat Records. Recorded at home on his ancient 8 track Tascam tape machine, the album is a home-cooked, heartfelt affair. ‘Home’ by the way, is the house Robert and his wife Michele built a few years ago in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in deepest Andalucia, Southern Spain. With ‘Out There’, Robert explores the deep seam of acoustic songwriting that has characterized much of his previous solo work, from the acoustic stylings of early Marc Bolan to the jazzy diversions of Tim Buckley. Robert enlisted help from some fellow travellers along the way. Richard Snakehips Dudanski, one-time drummer in Joe Strummers pre-Clash combo the 101’ers as well as Metal Box era PIL, lends his drumming skills to the hypnotic ‘Lost in Rasa’, one of the albums standout tracks. The album also features the exquisite piano and accordion playing of young Jos Hawken, a native Shetland Islander who now resides up in the mountains near Robert. Local busking Professor of saxophone, Joe Degado, also joins the party on the Brel-like, ‘A Bottomless Pit’ along with ‘Lost in Rasa’. Reforming The Blow Monkeys in 2008, the band have since released four brand new albums, a box set and live album and now, more than thirty years in the business, Twenty albums and counting, Robert is making the freshest music of his life. Long may it continue.