Eric Avery, seminal bassist and co-founder of the iconic Jane's Addiction, has joined Dangerbird Records as the newest member to the flourishing indie label's family (Silversun Pickups, Sea Wolf, Eulogies). Avery's full-length debut, HELP WANTED, will be released April 8, 2008.

Meticulously constructed and appropriately titled, Avery did indeed receive a helping hand from some friends for his first formal solo effort. Shirley Manson of Garbage, Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers each lent a special contribution to the record, ranging from vocals to trumpet.

Throughout the album's 12 tracks, Avery travels through Bowie-esque space voyages ("Walk Through Walls [The Man Who Can Fly Pt. 2]") to pastoral spoken-word landscapes ("Revolution"), dealing with his meditations from the political to the profound.