ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE VENUS 3 Goodnight Oslo (2009 UK 10-track LP pressed on 180gram Vinyl - Recorded with friends & longtime cohorts The Venus 3 – Peter Buck [guitar] and R.E.M. mainstays Scott McCaughey [bass, vocals] and Bill Rieflin [drums], 'Goodnight Oslo' is Robyn's first album in three years. It follows previous Venus 3 collaborations 'Ole! Tarantula' [2006] and the 'Sex, Food, Death and Tarantulas EP' [2007]. 'The songs on 'Goodnight Oslo' arearequiem for the Smoke Age, and in part about breaking out of predictable cycles. But I'm not in recovery or anything physical. [The title track is about] an evening in Norway 25 years ago, refracted through time.'. Presented in a picture sleeve complete with a download code for a free digital version of the album.)