Astrological Straits

Guests include Les Claypool, Marco Benevento, Tyler Pope and No Age's Randy Randall and Dean Spunt

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 16 - Zach Hill, drummer for NorCal noise-rock outfit Hella, is set to release his first solo album, titled Astrological Straits, Aug. 12 on Ipecac Recordings.

Hill, considered one of the most innovative drummers of modern music, has spent the past year working on the album as well as touring and recording with Marnie Stern.

For Hill's own solo release he enlisted a number of former recording partners and included a number of new ones. Guests contributing to Astrological Straits include Les Claypool, Chino Moreno, No Age's Randy Randall and Dean Spunt, !!!/LCD Soundsystem's Tyler Pope, Marco Benevento, Prints' Zac Nelson, Marnie Stern, The Flying Luttenbacher's Jonathon Hicshke, Satori/RX Bandit's Steve Borth, The Advantage's Robbie Moncrief, Them Hills' Dan Elkan and Hella bandmates Carson McWhirter and Josh Hill.

Album Description
Astrological Straits is the 2008 release by Zach Hill, a musician drummer residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse other range of groups including Team Sleep (featuring Chino Moreno of Deftones), Goon Moon, and The Ladies (a duo consisting of Zach on drums and Rob Crow of Pinback on guitar). Zach is completely self taught, having started drumming around 1995. In addition to music, Zach is also a visual artist. His art has been featured in the packaging to many of his musical releases.