When Bonnaroo shared their lineup last night, there was one entry that caused a bit of confusion: The Claypool Lennon Delirium. Today, however, those questions have been answered, as the project is a collaboration between Primus bassist Les Claypool and John Lennon’s son, Sean Lennon.
The two apparently hit it off when Lennon’s band, Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, opened for Primus on a number of tour dates last year. “We had a few backstage, acoustic jamborees that I found interesting but when [Sean] sat in with us and melted our faces with his guitar during ‘Southbound Pachyderm,’ I realized that this fella had some chops,” said Claypool in a statement. “Primus was about to take some time off and I was gearing up a new project so I asked Sean if he’d like to come to Rancho Relaxo and see if we couldn’t get some interesting sounds on tape. Next thing I know he’s staying in my guesthouse over the holidays and we’re drinking vino, hunting mushrooms and throwing musical pasta at the walls.”
Check out the very first track to come out of this new collaboration, “Cricket And The Genie,” below:
Claypool plays bass on the track, while Lennon does vocals and all of the other instrumentation. Lennon said in a statement, “When Les asked the GOASTT to come on tour we were all thrilled. Little did I know but this would lead to a bizarre and otherworldly collaboration in musical mycology at Les’ aboraceous compound. It’s been an honor and a challenge playing with someone of Les’ caliber, but luckily the Gods of Pinot Noir shone favorably down and granted us a bundle of devilish tunes about monkeys, outer space and sexual deviancy. The Claypool Lennon Delirium will (gently) melt your face with heart-pounding low-frequency oscillations and interdimensional guitar squeals. We look forward to seeing you very soon.”
It will certainly be interesting to see how this translates to the live setting, as the band’s only scheduled performance is at Bonnaroo. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more Delirium in our future.
[Via RS]