Super Furry Animals Gruff Rhys, former Libertine Carl Barat, Artic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders and Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell have teamed up to record an album for charity.
Under the name The Bottletop Band, the group have also roped in Charlatan Tim Burgers, Eliza Doolittle, Reverend & The Makers, Sam Sparro, VV Brown and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly to work on the project, which sees them collaborate with a number of Brazilian musicians in order to raise money for education and employment projects in Brazil, Africa and the UK.
The album, entitled 'Dream Service' is due for release in Ireland on April 8th 2011, while single 'Fall of Rome' was released online today on thebottletopband.com.
