Hear Les Claypool, Sean Lennon's Raw New Psych-Pop Duo
Sean Lennon remains one of rock & roll's most fearless collaborators. Back in 2013, he teamed with Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier in the "incredibly liberating" improv duo Mystical Weapons, and when Rolling Stone checked in with the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist this past October, he was enthusing over the Moonlandingz, a "fictional band" — including members of U.K. scuzz-rock sensations Fat White Family — making very real music.
Below, you can hear the fruits of Lennon's latest collaboration: a new venture with Primus leader and bass virtuoso Les Claypool called the Claypool Lennon Delirium. The group's debut track is the raw, proggy psych-pop suite "Cricket and the Genie." Claypool plays bass, while Lennon handles all other instruments. Lennon sings lead on this track, but Claypool also contributes vocals to the project.
As Claypool explains it, the pair "hit it off" during a 2015 summer tour featuring Primus, Dinosaur Jr. and Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, the band that Lennon co-leads with singer and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Kemp Muhl. "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 the bassist in a statement.
Source: Rolling Stone
