Not-so-strange CD Magnificent Fiend due March 4

Fiending for a bit more Howlin Rain? They've got you, dude. The Bay Area psych-rock giants (and Comets on Fire associates) will issue their Magnificent Fiend March 4 on American Recordings, sure, but they've got a far weirder one on the way too.

Along with Lee Ranaldo, Magik Markers, Charalambides' Tom Carter, Bardo Pond, and a few others, Howlin Rain will contribute a disc to Three Lobed Recordings' "Oscillation III" subscription series. Howlin Rain's offering, titled Wild Life, features a pair of tunes clocking in at a quarter-hour or so. The first is a jam on the song by Wings (you know, the band that made Paul McCartney famous) that the set is named after, while the second is a "completely improvised piece with heavy jazz fusion and free, Latin jazz rock overtones" titled "Black Sangria".

Wild Life is a family affair, as Comets on Fire's Ben Chasny and Utrillo Kushner help out on the musical tip and Raeni Miller-- wife of Howlin Rain's Ethan Miller-- contributed two paintings for the cover.

You can nab Wild Life together with the eight other releases in the series via Three Lobed, though this package deal is limited to 550 sets. Additional individual copies of Wild Life will be available at all stops on Howlin Rain's forthcoming tour, which kicks off in earnest next month. Those dates-- including a friendly reminder of Howlin Rain's appearance at this May's ATP vs. Pitchfork fest-- are available after the jump. [MORE...]