KULA SHAKER Release New Album ‘Wormslayer’

Kula Shaker are a rock band that never abandoned wonder, never lost the thread, and never apologized for believing that music can be more than just sound — it can be spirit. That open-minded ethos flows throughout their brand-new album WORMSLAYER (out today, January 30, 2026) a record which brims with adventure, embraces epic, cinematic atmospherics, and is electrified with the irrepressible rush of their renowned live experience.

Recorded in time-honoured fashion – primarily live and analogue – WORMSLAYER echoes all of the great decades of music culture without being locked into anything. Technicolor energy, retro-freakery psychedelia and celestial vocal harmonies are the core sonic touchpoints as vocalist/guitarist Crispian Mills’ poetic lyrics explore fantastical stories which play with metaphor and allegory – all capped, as ever, with his eternally restless spirituality.

Crispian Mills says, “I hope people enjoy the twists and turns that this new record takes you on. We always loved those psych records that had great songs, great production, great storytelling, and took you on a journey. We dig into that kind of experience, because we’re that kind of band. Kula Shaker has a life of its own. We’re just passengers, watching it happen in real-time.”

KULA SHAKER Wormslayer artwork (hi-res)

01 Lucky Number
02 Good Money
03 Charge of The Light Brigade
04 Little Darling
05 Broke As Folk
06 Be Merciful
07 Shaunie
08 The Winged Boy
09 Day For Night
10 Wormslayer
11 Dust Beneath Our Feet

WORMSLAYER was previewed by five singles which heralded the vitality of Kula Shaker’s new chapter. From the exquisite, naturalistic production of “Charge of the Light Brigade” to the starting gun stomp of “Good Money,” they all amplified anticipation for the album to come.

And the record’s new songs exceed that excitement. The epic title track is both one of the band’s heaviest and most ambitious moments: a three-part adventure through light, darkness and ultimately balance. “The Winged Boy” and “Shaunie” join “Good Money”  to create a musical psychedelic opera trilogy that tells a narrative of a classic Faustian pact. There’s also full-blown gothic crooning on “Little Darling,” which conjures Roy Orbison jamming with The Doors, while the closing “The Dust Beneath Our Feet” references Yeats and peers over the horizon towards further stories to be told in the future…

Physical copies of WORMSLAYER are available to buy HERE. The band’s official store offers a limited-edition smoky purple and blue marble gatefold vinyl with a signed insert; a CD with a signed insert; and gatefold black vinyl. Rough Trade are stocking an exclusive limited edition blue vinyl format with an alternate blue sleeve.