Kula Shaker Announce New Album 'WORMSLAYER', Release Single 'Good Money'

Kula Shaker are making a big return with the announcement of the release of their eighth studio album 'Wormslayer', out on January 30th 2026. To fuel anticipation for the record, they're also releasing the new single and video 'Good Money' today.

‘Good Money’ is a kaleidoscopic whirlpool of ‘60s psychedelia, sumptuous soul and retro-freakery funk. The video is poised to make just as much of a splash as the song itself.

As Crispian Mills explains, “Our last video was all in camera, real stunts, real props and epic battle scenes which people assumed was 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.”

Listen / Watch the video for 'Good Money' HERE

Pre-Order / Pre-Save 'Wormslayer' HERE

Kula Shaker always existed in an alternate reality. Emerging in the midst of Britpop’s 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 of their new studio album. Still consisting of their original line-up - best friends Crispian Mills (vocals/guitar), Alonza Bevan (bass), Paul Winterhart (drums) and Jay Darlington (Hammond organ).

The ‘Wormslayer’ album has already been previewed by ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘Broke as Folk’, which both demonstrate the technicolour 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’.

Crispian adds, “I hope people enjoy the twists and turns that this new record takes you 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 realtime.”

The ‘Wormslayer’ album also sees Kula Shaker alchemise their restless, reckless live energy on record for the first time. This makes the prospect of the return of their out-of-this-world live experience with a UK headline tour in February 2026 (boosted by a unique, immersive light display at each show) a tantalising one.

Fans who pre-order ‘Wormslayer’ HERE will gain access to a pre-sale for tour tickets. The pre-sale opens at 9.30am on Thursday, September 18th and will remain live until any remaining tickets go on general sale from 9.30am on Friday, September 19th. The album will be released on digital, black gatefold and CD formats, while the band’s official store offers a smokey purple gatefold vinyl and a CD, both of which include a signed insert. Select indie stores are stocking a crystal clear gatefold vinyl, while Amazon have a signed CD.

Kula Shaker’s newly announced UK headline tour dates are listed below. They have just started a North American headline tour which leads into a further run of US shows as special guests to their old friends, The Dandy Warhols. Please see HERE for a list of those gigs and accompanying ticket details

About Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker emerged during the Britpop era, very much as an anomaly: their sound evoking echoes of Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Deep Purple but with a spiritual ethos reminiscent of George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’, an energy befitting the optimistic zeal of the mid-’90s. Their debut track ‘Grateful When You’re Dead/ Jerry Was There’ a launched series of classic hits: the free-spirited rush of ‘Hey Dude’ (#2), the unstoppable hooks and Indian mantra vibes of ‘Tattva’ (#4) and ‘Govinda’ (#7) plus their famous take on the classic ‘Hush’ (#2).

Their debut album ‘K’ shot to #1 in the UK and achieved double-Platinum status as it simultaneously climbed charts across the world. Their second record, ‘Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts’, (produced by Bob Ezrin and Rick Rubin) also hit the Top 10 and delivered more hits in the shape of ‘Shower your Love’ and ‘Sound of Drums’. They resurfaced sporadically between 2007-2016, during which time Mills wrote and directed two feature films, until they began a new era of creativity with ‘1st Congregational Church of Eternal Love and Free Hugs’ in 2022, followed soon after by ‘Natural Magick’ in 2024 which was supported with coverage including NME, The Line of Best Fit and Louder.

TOUR DATES:

FEBRUARY 2026

• 7th - Brighton, Concorde 2
• 8th - Cambridge, Junction
• 9th - Holmfirth, Picturedrome
• 11th - Glasgow, Old Fruitmarket
• 12th - Manchester, O2 Ritz
• 13th - London, Islington Assembly Hall