Consistently one of Britain’s most exhilarating live bands, Kula Shaker have evolved from a phenomenally successful anomaly of the Britpop era to step into an adventurous, ambitious and hallucinogenic new era with the release of their new album ‘Wormslayer’ on January 30th.
The band have opened a window into their technicolour future with the singles ‘Good Money’, ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘Broke as Folk’ all amplifying anticipation for the new record. That anticipation will be freshly elevated as they share the new song ‘Be Merciful’.
‘Be Merciful’ is a classic Kula Shaker deep cut. Part folk song, part soulful lament, the track began almost twenty years ago as an acoustic demo, produced by the electronic pioneer Mark Pritchard (Jedi Knights, Harmonic 33, the Thom Yorke collab album ‘Tall Tales’) — a vinyl bootleg of this demo has since become a highly collectible 7” single.
As Crispian Mills explains, “There was a limited vinyl pressing, but it was such an obscure release. I wasn’t sure if it had even happened until, years later, fans would ask me to sign their copies. The song always had a special quality though, and Kula Shaker would play it from time to time and we found it really worked alongside the other tracks on ‘Wormslayer.’
We kept a lot of Mark’s original ideas: his spooky mellotrons and analog ambient spaces; then we then dialled in the power and live energy of a band performance. The result was electric.”
‘Wormslayer’ is an album which never stays in one lane, detouring beyond its electrifying psychedelic heartbeat and into gothic crooning, pastoral folk and expansive mantra-metal.
Kula Shaker have just announced details of The Inner Circle Shows, a series of rare, intimate performances in small rooms across the UK. Each night, the band will strip back the noise and reconnect with fans in a closer setting, playing favourites, new treats, deep cuts, strange anecdotes and audience-chosen songs in a spontaneous “by request” section. The run starts at Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club, where the band will be awarded a brick in the Cavern Wall of Fame as they play their smallest show in 20 years. Bundles which combine a ticket with an exclusive signed CD which adds tracks recorded across these shows as well as alternate artwork are available HERE.
2026 will see Kula Shaker head out on a full UK headline tour, which culminates in London at the Islington Assembly Hall. They have also just announced details of a subsequent European tour. All shows will be illuminated by the mind-bending vision of The Mad Alchemist Liquid Light Show. Remaining tickets are available HERE. The dates are:
NOVEMBER
23rd – Liverpool, Cavern Club (SOLD OUT)
24th – Wrexham, The Rockin’ Chair
30th – Stoke, Sugarmill (LOW TICKETS)
DECEMBER
1st – Carlisle, Old Fire Station (SOLD OUT)
FEBRUARY 2026
7th – Brighton, Concorde 2 (SOLD OUT)
8th – Cambridge, Junction
9th – Holmfirth, Picturedrome
11th – Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket
12th – Manchester, O2 Ritz
13th – London, Islington Assembly Hall (SOLD OUT)
22nd – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
23rd – Den Haag, Paard van Troje
25th – Cologne, Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
26th – Paris, Cafe Dé La Danse
28th – Hamburg, Gruenspan
MARCH 2026
2nd – Berlin, Heimathafen Neukölln
3rd – Munich, Technikum
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