Overview
- The third album, The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy, arrives May 1 on ATO Records as a 14-track concept work.
- New single and animated video The Golden Egg of Empathy features WILLOW on lead vocal, and she is the album’s only guest vocalist.
- The physical release pairs a tip-on gatefold two-LP set with a 24-page comic by Rich Ragsdale, with a BrooklynVegan “Yellow Jacket” 2LP variant limited to 500 copies now up for preorder.
- Set in the world of Cliptopia, the narrative draws on the paperclip AI thought experiment as a cautionary tale about efficiency without empathy.
- Recorded at Claypool’s Rancho Relaxo and Lennon’s The Farm over more than three years, the project precedes the May–July Claypool Gold tour featuring Primus, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, and Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade.