Uploaded July 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A Merseyside duo of The Coral’s Ian Skelly and The Zutons’ Paul Molloy, The Serpent Power take a nostalgic trip back to 1960s psychedelia.

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They share their name with a book of Victorian orientalism about tantric philosophy, the sort of battered tome a seeker after truth might have once come upon in a second-hand bookshop, and make music that jangles along in classic psych-pop style.

The tone is ironic yet affectionate, a genial mood of make-believe summed up by the title track, in which “the serpent power” is revealed to be “a full moon, black mass, dance craze” — otherwise known as the frug if the good-natured fuzz-pop backdrop is anything to go by.