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Having Pinned Back his Goblin Cock for now-- and ditching the Ladies this time around-- Rob Crow reemerges in raw solo guise on January 23 with the release of Living Well, via Temporary Residence.

The disc has Crow cawing through fourteen tracks, including "Bam Bam", "Chucked", "Burns", and "I Hate You, Rob Crow". Living Well boasts two versions of said self-deprecating number, and hilariously, the "Single Version" is longer than the "Album Version". Stream the former by clicking the link below.

Headbangers might want to check their air guitar skillz at the door, however, as Living Well-- the follow-up to 2003's My Room Is a Mess (Absolutely Kosher)-- features "intensely personal lyrics which document Crow's courtship with his wife, their marriage, and the subsequent birth of their first child," according to a press release. If anybody can make such topics RAWK, however, it's daddy Crow.

Our chilled out patriarch will take to the road in support of the new album beginning in February, dates to be announced. But don't think for a second he'll be slowing down in the time before then-- instead, Crow, whose wristwatch must run at half-speed, is starting a record label.

Robcore, as he's lovingly titled it, delivers its inaugural release-- Wake Up Swimming by Other Men-- on March 20. Touch and Go will handle distribution for Robcore.

And finally, Crow's Pinback-- who have a new LP on the way in 2007-- contribute to the warmly-received O.C. Mix 6 with a cover of Black Flag's "Wasted", as previously reported. Word on the beach is it's pretty god-awful.

Living Well:

01 Bam Bam
02 I Hate You, Rob Crow (Album Version)
03 Taste
04 Over Your Heart
05 Up
06 Chucked
07 Burns
08 Liefeld
09 Leveling
10 Ring
11 Focus
12 If Wade Would Call
13 No Sun
14 I Hate You, Rob Crow (Single Version)