It’s time for another deep dive into The Claypool Lennon Delirium‘s impending conceptual album “The Great Parrot-Ox And The Golden Egg Of Empathy“. “Melody Of Entropy” has just been launched as the fourth advance single from that album, arriving mere days ahead of the record’s scheduled release this Friday, May 01st.
This latest musical union between Primus vocalist/bassist Les Claypool and Sean Lennon further explores the happenings of the fictional world of Cliptopia, which if you need a primer, has been summed up in the past as follows:
‘Set in the once-glorious land of Cliptopia, where a sentient A.I. known as Cliptron and his army of robots are resourcing everything, then turning it all into Clipnex brand paperclips, the album follows young artist Hippard O. Campus Jr. as he rebels against his father, Hippard Sr. (owner of the Clipnex corporation and creator of Cliptron). With help from salty sea-dog Colonel O’Coren, Hipp embarks on a fantastical adventure to stop Cliptron’s cold, chrome heart from converting the world, humans included, into paperclips.
Hipp’s quest leads across the sea to the Isle of Lucidity, where the all-wise Ministry of Manatees guide him to the Great Parrot-Ox, whose Golden Egg Of Empathy is the only thing that can bring understanding and emotion to Cliptron.’
As for where “Melody Of Entropy” sits among that saga, Lennon offered:
“‘Melody Of Entropy‘ is a song that is meant to be a message to the robots who have finally awakened into consciousness. As they realize they can feel, and love, and cry, and lament for the first time the finitude of their own lives, the song offers some consolation by explaining that they are just a drop of rain on an endless sea, a splash of paint on a masterpiece, an instance in an infinity, and that life itself is the ‘Melody Of Entropy’.”
The below animated music video once again pairs the band with the talents of director Rich Ragsdale, who initially had been favored to make a short film based around this record’s concepts. However, the aforementioned trio instead opted to adapt that story into a comic book.
An ambitious round of touring has been mapped out to introduce this album to the masses. The band will be partaking in the ‘Claypool Gold Tour‘ this spring, with the roster also boasting Primus and Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade. See below for those dates.
05/20 Reno, NV – Reno Events Center
05/22 Bend, OR – Hayden Homes Amphitheater
05/23 Redmond, WA – Marymoor Live
05/25 Bonner, MT – KettleHouse Amphitheater
05/26 Salt Lake City, UT – The Lot at the Complex
05/28 Kansas City, MO – Starlight Amphitheatre
05/30 St. Louis, MO – The Factory
05/31 Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
06/02 Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion
06/03 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed
06/05 Pelham, TN – The Caverns Outdoor Amphitheater
06/06 Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live! Outdoor
06/09 Portland, ME – Thompson’s Point
06/10 Boston, MA – Leader Bank Pavilion
06/12 Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
06/13 Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summerstage
06/14 Columbia, MD – All Good Now Festival
06/16 Charlotte, NC – The AMP Ballantyne
06/17 North Charleston, SC – Firefly Distillery
06/19 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
06/20 Atlanta, GA – Synovus Bank Amphitheater at Chastain Park
06/22 Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
06/23 Austin, TX – ACL Live at Moody Theatre
06/25 Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
06/27 Dillon, CO – Dillon Amphitheater
06/28 Dillon, CO – Dillon Amphitheater
06/30 Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre
07/01 San Diego, CA – Gallagher Square
07/03 Long Beach, CA – Long Beach Amphitheater
07/04 Napa, CA – Meritage Resort & Spa
