Early reviews for Lambchop’s next album, The Bible, are coming in from the UK (“Yet another late-career highlight,” says Uncut; “Lands like divine wisdom, something bursting with meaning,” says Mojo; “Like nothing else right now,” says The Guardian), building lots of excitement as we inch closer to its September 30 release date.

Today, bandleader Kurt Wagner adds more fuel to the fire with “Little Black Boxes,” the third single from the forthcoming record. It arrives with a computer-generated video directed by Isaac Gale, who also handled the striking visuals for previously shared singles “Police Dog Blues” and “So There.” CGI-Kurt’s dazzling moves are fitting for the most dance-infused Lambchop track to date, a soulful choir lifting electronics and sweaty disco skyward.

Wagner says of the track:

This song was created in a hot, sweaty, smoky, room on a mid-July evening, filled with six or seven sweaty Minnesotans, four or five laptops, a piano, a smoke machine, and some laser lighting all throbbing to an undeniably infectious groove, it’s a wonder we all survived. But here we are. Lightning in a beer bottle.

Video director Issac Gale says:

We wanted to see if we could get anywhere close to something “cinematic” with this video, using only 3D assets and digital filters. So we set an impossible goal and picked the greatest concert film ever shot—Shake! Otis at Monterey—as our target. It’s got the best chaotic energy in both the performance and the camera work.

Lambchop will debut songs from The Bible and last year’s Showtunes at two special performances on September 23 & 24 in Minneapolis, kicking off the Walker Art Center’s 2022/2023 season. Co-presented with Liquid Music, these performances feature a 16-piece ensemble that includes local and national heavyweights Andrew Broder (Fog), CJ Camerieri (Bon Iver, Carm), Blake Morgan (VOCES8), Cole Davis, and Bryan Nichols. Swirling together everything from turntables to grand piano to horns to a choir, this new work exemplifies the driving ethos of this unclassifiable band.

Pre-order the album on CD or 2-LP with etching (available on both limited-edition yellow & black marble Peak Vinyl or standard black) in the Merge store and participating independent record stores. In addition, Grimey’s in Nashville and Electric Fetus in Minneapolis will have an exclusive signed vinyl pressing on “smog” (gray & white marble).