Photo Credit: Izzie Austin
After signing with King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s newly minted p(doom) Records imprint last year, sun-soaked Australian psych rockers Babe Rainbow announce their new album, Slipper imp and shakaerator, out April 4th. Their most “homegrown” project yet, Slipper imp and shakaerator is a suite of maverick, zephyr-light acid-pop following its own north star and chasing subtle, slippery, subterranean grooves to delirious destinations. Lead single “Like cleopatra” follows previous album cut “LONG LIVE THE WILDERNESS,” and is an 80s funk-inspired pop banger in disguise.
“When our neighbor Tam’s cows dried themselves up, and we had to wait for one of the cows named Mary to have her calf to have fresh milk, we were buying ‘Cleopatra’s Bath Milk.’ This might explain the theme of ‘Like cleopatra.’ Drink deep or taste not,” says the band. “The song reminds us of the natural spring outside Julian [Abbott]’s studio where we’d naturally congregate when the sun was at its zenith early into a day’s recording session. We’d stretch; take coffee and fruit. It’s a sweet spot to enjoy the Nature sprites and spirits. Why is everything so nice? We found our Cleopatra in Camille [Jansen] who kindly sang backing vocals on the album. She has a definite ancient Egyptian aristocratic air to her coolness. Cheers to the rhythm of life.”
Pre-order Slipper imp and shakaerator, here.
