Kula Shaker has today released their new video for the track titled ‘Good Money’ from the upcoming album ‘Wormslayer’, dropping on January 30, 2026.
A time and time again tale of the one that stuck out and got away. That person, whether you witness or keep inside of you, who saw above the bullshit and stayed above it without getting so much as a fleck or speck on them.
Musically ‘extra-retro’ with introverted thoughts leaking out through the cracks we so desperately try to fix and patch, ‘Good Money’ is a good time with tongue-in-cheeky lyrics rising above the audiosplash sonic goodness that makes Kula Shaker what they are: a good time.
“I hope people enjoy the twists and turns that this new record takes them on. We always loved those psychedelic records that had great songs, great production, great storytelling, and took you on a journey. We always 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.”
Crispian Mills
About Kula Shaker & ‘Wormslayer’
Kula Shaker always existed in an alternate reality. Emerging in the midst of Britpop’s lad-culture swagger and retrograde cool, they appeared like a luminous anomaly — flooded with Sanskrit and sitar-drenched feedback as they became one of Britain’s most exhilarating live bands.
Fronted by the spiritually restless Crispian Mills, the band carved out their own mystical counter-narrative, fusing British psychedelia and eastern mysticism that felt less like a gimmick and more like an invocation. Phenomenal success soon followed. How many other artists can claim to have actually headlined Glastonbury twice in the same weekend? Scored one of the fastest-selling double-Platinum debuts of all time, a run of Top 10 singles, and opened for Oasis at their era-defining Knebworth shows?
Now Kula Shaker are set to prove that they’re back at the top of their creative game with the news that they will release their eighth album, Wormslayer, on January 30, 2026. Still consisting of their original line-up – best friends Crispian Mills (vocals/guitar), Alonza Bevan (bass), Paul Winterhart (drums), and Jay Darlington (Hammond organ) – Kula Shaker fuel anticipation for the record by sharing its new single “Good Money.”
“Good Money” is a kaleidoscopic whirlpool of ‘60s psychedelia, sumptuous soul, and retro-freakery funk. The video looks set to make as much of a splash as the song itself.
As Crispian explains, “Our last video was all in camera, real stunts, real props, and epic battle scenes, which people assumed were all AI. So we’ve taken a different approach with ‘Good Money.’ The whole video is entirely AI-generated by two monkeys; we gave them the song and the lyrics, and this is what they came up with. It’s kind of mind-blowing.”
Lyrically, however, “Good Money” is a story of a classic Faustian pact and part of a broader psychedelic opera that emerges throughout the wider record.
As Crispian describes the piece, “It’s a story about a boy in a small community, who grows wings and how the local people come to treat him. Some think he’s a freak, some think he’s a cherub, others cynically see him as an opportunity to make money…. Is it a metaphor for the music business? I’d say it’s a metaphor for life.
The Wormslayer album has already been previewed by “Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Broke as Folk,” which both demonstrate the technicolor energy and celestial vocal harmonies that fans have come to love. But there’s evolution, too, with moments that touch on pastoral folk (the Yeats-referencing “Dust”), full-blown gothic crooning on “Little Darling” that conjures images of Roy Orbison jamming with the Doors, and then there’s the expansive mantra-metal of the cinematic showstopper, the title-track “Wormslayer.”
The Wormslayer album also sees Kula Shaker alchemize their restless, reckless live energy on record for the first time, which makes the prospect of the return of their out-of-this-world live experience with their upcoming tour this month for a handful of headlining dates and then joining The Dandy Warhols on West Coast (boosted by a unique, immersive light display at each show) a tantalizing one.
Featured image by Ami Jay.
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