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Once upon a time, Rob Crow played in a San Diego trio called Heavy Vegetable (Remember: assonance was a cool thing in the early 90s). Crow would go on to do Pinback, Three Mile Pilot, the Ladies, Goblin Cock, solo stuff, and, sure, a few dozen other bands in the process, while the other members of Heavy V-- drummer Manolo Turner and bassist Travis Nelson-- pursued similarly intense careers in professional gardening and monk-dom, respectively/allegedly. Vocalist Eléa Tenuta, meanwhile, later played with Crow in Thingy.

Now things come full circle, as Crow, Turner, and Nelson have reunited under the moniker Other Men. The trio will unleash its debut, Wake Up Swimming, on March 20 via Crow's brand new, previously reported, awesomely-named imprint, Robcore (for which Rob is way too busy to build a website). Get amped, because they'll hit the road soon, but first Rob must wrap up a tour in support of his Temporary Residence solo disc, Living Well. He bows with a homecoming gig at San Diego's Brick by Brick on March 21.

Wake Up Swimming:

01 Other People
02 Strapped
03 Kind of Off to the Side a Bit
04 Self-Fulfilling Boss Coffee Vending Machine Prophecy
05 In This Wind
06 Uhhhh...
07 Anaglyphic
08 Indiscriminate Proposals of Little Marcy
09 Total Nutcase
10 False Positive
11 Bullet Train to Jimbo's