Enigmatic rock’n’roll oddball Sterling Roswell releases his debut solo album ‘The Psychedelic Ubik’. It follows up his 7” single ‘VENUS HONEY DEW’ and CD-single paired with former ‘Single of the Week’ (Time Out) and ‘Single Of The Month’ (Sleaze Nation), ‘GIRL FROM ORBIT’. The album has started getting further critical acclaim, with 4-star reviews in both Mojo and Record Collector and ‘Album of the Week’ in The Organ.
Sterling Roswell is more commonly known as ‘Rosco’, and most known as a member of the legendary Spacemen 3 from age just 18, recording three albums. When they eventually split, he joined the 3’s Pete Bassman in Darkside, producing two albums for Beggars Banquet. Later he came back to music and made some demos while living in Rome. These led to him being signed by Mint/Jungle, Mercury Rev’s original label.
‘The Psychedelic Ubik’ shows the influence of his years in Spacemen 3, but also an ...