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.