Today, Boston-based band lespecial has released the first of a new series of videos called the “Cellar Sessions”, taking place live in the studio. The first video captures the band’s song “Harambe Zombie”, which begins as an arrangement of Fela Kuti’s “Zombie” before lespecial injects their signature blend of rock and roll, ultimately giving the song a new, heavy twist.

You can clearly see how much fun lespecial is having in the studio, and ultimately that translates into a great performance. The band says, “‘Harambe Zombie’ is an homage to Fela Kuti as well as a farewell to a particularly strange year and a fallen gorilla that took the country by storm.” You can watch the new video, below.

After a heavy year of touring for lespecial, the band will close out 2016 with a New ear’s run throughout the Northeast. Check out their upcoming tour dates, below.:

12/29- New York, NY DROM (Phish After-Party) with Chromatropic
12/30- Syracuse NY FUNK N WAFFLES with Ampevene
12/31- Greenfield MA The Ball Drop: Rock N Roll Resort vNYE