Via the band’s website, Anton Newcombe’s BJM vehicle has announced a date for the forthcoming New Year’s Day release of Who Killed Sgt. Pepper? Judging by that title, it will probably sound like something you’ve already heard before, as fetishized, reheated and filtered through the braincanals of well, Newcombe. Take that as you will. Streaming for the moment as well is “Tempo 116.7 (Reaching for Dangerous Levels of Sobriety)” a forgettable cut from their Smoking Acid EP, one that somehow escaped our radar this year.

For five albums, The Warlocks have lived between and beyond the minutes and hours of time. Coming out of the late 90s neo-psychedelic scene that helped produce bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Warlocks records play like soundtracks to fuzz-freaked, bacchanalian stomps, pre-dawn city prowls, sleeping late with new crushes, and the elation and exhaustion that washes in and recede deep into the wee hours. Which is why we’re excited to tell you they’ve announced a new LP, due out on May 19.
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