From the press release, plus obligatory ninthspace shenanigans and extra bits:

Kristin Hersh’s new album Learn To Sing Like A Star is released on 23rd January on Yep Roc in the USA, and on 29th January on 4AD everywhere else. It will be preceded, on January 22nd, by the In Shock EP, which features three exclusive non-album tracks. However In Shock can be purchased from iTunes right now and Yep Roc apparently screwed up on pre-orders which meant some people in the US got the album before Christmas 2006.

Learn To Sing Like A Star was produced by Kristin, recorded by Steve Rizzo and mixed by Trina Shoemaker. It features former Throwing Muses bandmate David Narcizo on drums, and beautiful string arrangements courtesy of Martin and Kim McCarrick.

Tracklisting for Learn To Sing Like A Star:

1. In Shock
2. Nerve Endings
3. Day Glo
4. Christian Hearse
5. Ice
6. Under the Gun
7. Piano 1
8. Sugarbaby
9. Peggy Lee
10. Piano 2
11. Vertigo
12. Winter
13. Wild Vanilla
14. The Thin Man

And for In Shock:

1. In Shock
2. Windowpane
3. Blackstone
4. Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Here’s the video for In Shock:

And you can pre-order from Amazon:

• In Shock
• Learn To Sing Like A Star