Described by its creator as “an ecstatic work of negativity,” Robyn Hitchcock instantly stands among the most energized and ambitious recordings of the iconic troubadour's long career. Hitchcock's 21st studio recording and first-ever eponymous release, the album sees him casting familiar shapes into surprising new forms, the sci-fi fueled sounds and visions that first stimulated his work now ribboned with experience and hard-earned wisdom. Spanning dystopic psychedelia (“Mad Shelley's Letterbox,” “Time Coast”), inspired folk baroque (“Raymond and the Wires,” “1970 In Aspic”), even rambunctious liver-fried country (“I Pray When I'm Drunk”), Robyn Hitchcock marks both a masterful new chapter and ideal entry point into Hitchcock's wildly brilliant oeuvre.

“It's ‘Introducing Robyn Hitchcock,'” he says. “Think of me as a new act – I'm only 63. People always ask me, where should I start listening to your records? I'm a train with many carriages. I thought, I'll just make this record and if people like this one, then they'll probably like the others. If they don't, it's not worth them listening to any of them, really. “

Robyn Hitchcock and the album Robyn Hitchcock both have an undeniable pep to their step. Remarkably vital and positively vibey, the album's charged psych pop ‘n' roll stands as not just a high-water mark for Hitchcock but two joyfully raised fingers towards the inevitable.

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