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Sure, my mom's high school friend once dated the lead singer of the band that would become Styx (true story), but when it comes to the musical hook-up, I've got nothing on former Soup Dragon Sushil K. Dade, aka Future Pilot AKA. Dude knows and has jammed and recorded with enough legends of the indie rock to impress a new girl in a new pub every night, and he's recruited a slew of these fabulous people for the new, genre-mashing Future Pilot AKA LP.

Secrets From the Clockhouse arrives January 22 on Glasgow's Creeping Bent imprint, and boasts a bunch of funny, self-referencing track titles and one hell of a special guests list. Brace yourselves: Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth, Stuart Murdoch and Sarah Martin of Belle and Sebastian, Damo Suzuki of Can, Mike Watt of the Minutemen and the Stooges, Robert Forster and the late Grant McLennan of the Go-Betweens, Davy Henderson of the Fire Engines, Scottish folk singer Karine Polwart, Scot rockers Unkle Bob, Scottish illustrator/novelist Alasdair Gray, and baroque chamber music ensemble Concerto Caledonia, also Scottish. Whew!

Patrons of the age of Internet can already download Secrets From the Clockhouse from Rough Trade Digital's online shop. Act fast though-- it's only available through the end of the coming weekend.

In other Future Pilot news, Dade has curated a "Burns Mela" event-- paying homage to Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns-- at the 2007 Celtic Connections festival, which goes down January 28 at Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket. Click here for ye olde details and lineup information.

Secrets From the Clockhouse:

01 Nothing Without You (Tery Bina)
02 Lights of the City
03 Eyes of Love
04 Equations of Love
05 First Light
06 It's in the Heart of Everyone
07 Boomerang
08 Tu Mera Mata
09 Mata Returns
10 The City of Lights
11 Word Association
12 Nuclear War
13 Shenandoah
14 Changes
15 Festival of Lights
16 A-N-U-R-U-D-H
17 Hidden Track 17