Serpent Power (The Coral's Ian Skelly & The Zutons' Paul Molloy)

2015 is shaping up to be a busy one for Ian Skelly. Fast on the heels of the Sundowners' debut (which he co-produced with brother James) comes "Lucifer's Dream Box", the first trippy fruits of his collaboration with Paul Molloy from the Zutons.
Sort of a Scouse psych supergroup of sorts, eh?

 

Bump

 

I'm there
Thanks

 

Oh man, this rocks , love it!!, thanks for the heads up

 

Oh, it's a winner for sure. It's got that dark psych sound I love so much. And the end bit? Brilliant!

 

Well, you sold me on cut From A Star (which was brilliant) so I will check this one out too!

 

Very cool
Thanks for the heads up!
butwhywouldthey use a name for psych band that Has already been used by an original psych band?

 

Same reason Nirvana did, I would guess.

 

When is this coming out?

 

According to Ian's Facebook page, May 4.

 

Well, that bent my mind pretty good... quite authentic sounding and good. There's now a smell coming out of my laptop like a mix of patchouli and sulfur.

 

Actually, there were previous bands called the Sundowners (several) AND Serpent Power.

 

Groovy! This collaboration sounds very promising. Here's a recent live clip from the new band. It's interesting to hear a more full bodied, electrified take on Ian's stuff.

 

I keep going back to this trippy tune. Lucifer's hand has got a hold on me!

 

There was a punk band in the 1990s called Mighty Baby who I'd guess got their name from a Chinese kung fu movie of the same period. Not evil theft, just youthful ignorance. There's a story about the 1971 group Mountain Bus that does amount to evil theft and the famous band Mountain doesn't come off looking good. I don't know what to make of Serpent Power since you could assume someone in the group would have googled the name...
And there was nothing in that Youtube clip half as demonic as J P Pickens' banjo solo in "Endless Tunnel" on the original Serpent Power lp.

 

Though they didn't have Google then

 

Right, but there were alphabetized racks in record stores.
Plus, this is over 40 years after the '60s band's release. I really don't think it's that big a deal.

 

Second preview of the forthcoming album:
"The Man Who Shrunk the World"

 

Tracklist:

1. Dr. Lovecraft’s Asylum

2. The Man Who Shrunk The World

3. Lucifer’s Dreambox

4. Candyman

5. The Siren

6. Vampire For Your Love

7. Last Ape In Space

8. Killer Cherry Pie

9. Just A Broken Heart

10. Life Is A Ball

11. Serpent Power

12. The Vision

 

That link above doesn't appear to be working.

 

It was. The song has been removed already; was only up for a few minutes. Didn't even have time to hear it myself, I was too busy posting.

So far I'm not impressed with the marketing strategy.

 

Well, if the idea is to leave us hungry for more, I'd say it's working!

 

Ha, I'll be hungry for more tomorrow. Right now I'm just irritated.

 

Preorders now available:
http://www.skeletonkeyrecords.com/?product=serpent-power-serpent-power-cd-pre-order-out-4th-may-2015

 

Here's another new track from Serpent Power. I'm really looking forward to this new release.