Both the CD and 2xLP editions will be beautifully packaged in tip-on/foil-stamped/linen wrapped gatefold jackets with a 24-page comic book (by artist Rich Ragsdale) attached inside.

From the press release: “The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy was over three years in the making and was the most labor intensive recording I have ever been involved in,” Claypool says. “The results are something Shiner and I are very proud of; a relevant concept piece accompanied by a colorful, phantasmic comic book.”

The album “is a cautionary tale of what could be in store for humanity if we continue to favor machines over men,” Lennon adds. “It is a tale of a technocracy eclipsed by paperclips; a young man destined to unravel the fabric of his father’s folly, and a sacred feathered Goddess (played by WILLOW), who holds the egg-shaped key to their future.”

The 3rd collaborative album between Les Claypool & Sean Ono Lennon is an elaborate concept record reflecting on morality, the warnings of A.I., and the slippery slope of optimization without empathy. Told across 14 songs - which ooze with classic psychedelic / progressive rock stylings - and the accompanying comic book by Rich Ragsdale, The Great Parrot-Ox and The Golden Egg of Empathy is a peak for both The Claypool-Lennon Delirium and rock music at large.