Desert rock collective The Rubber Snake Charmers (feat. Mario Lalli, Brant Bjork) announce debut studio album »Electric Mecca«; first track out now!
Desert rock collective The Rubber Snake Charmers (feat. Mario Lalli, Robby Krieger of The Doors, Brant Bjork) will release their debut studio album »Electric Mecca« on February 5th, 2026 via Heavy Psych Sounds.
Watch a music video for the first single »She Wants To Die« below!
Tracklist:
01. She Wants To Die
02. San Bernardino
03. Poison Bear
04. Sand Devil Flair
05. Whispering Palms
06. Charlie’s Tweak
07. La Sad Eyes
08. Palm Springs
09. Rare Red Racer
10. Weirdo Rock’N Roll
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
Californian desert rock collective The Rubber Snake Charmers – featuring Mario Lalli, Brant Bjork, Sean Wheeler, The Doors founder and guitarist Robby Krieger, and more – announce the release of their debut studio album »Electric Mecca« on February 5th through Heavy Psych Sounds, and present the debut single »She Wants To Die« exclusively on The Obelisk today.
🌵 Watch new video »She Wants To Die« at this location 🌵
Curated by desert rock pioneer Mario Lalli (Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man), The Rubber Snake Charmers began in 2010 as an improvisation-first collective devoted to psychedelic exploration and rhythmic Trance. Anchored by Lalli’s signature bass groove, the project has rotated through an all-star cast from the Palm Desert universe and beyond – Brant Bjork, Gary Arce, Nick Oliveri, Alain Johannes, Joe Baiza, and Sean Wheeler among them – turning each performance into a freeform canvas of drones, riffs, and shamanic storytelling.
The collective released their debut live album »Folklore From The Other Desert Cities« in 2024, and is now set to issue their studio debut »Electric Mecca« this February, featuring vocalist and poet Sean Wheeler, bassist Mario Lalli, guitarist Robby Krieger (The Doors) and Brant Bjork (ex-Kyuss and Fu Manchu), drummers Vincent Meghrouni (ex-Fatso Jetson) and Ryan Güt (Stöner), and Mathias Schneeberger (producer/engineer for Afghan Whigs, Mark Lanegan) on keyboards.
About this record, Mario Lalli says, “These recordings represent two collaborative improvisational jam sessions. One session was recorded in 2013 at the studio of Robby Krieger, guitarist of the Doors. A gracious invitation went out to some of us desert musicians to come and get creative at his space: myself along with Sean Wheeler, Vince Meghrouni, Mathias Schneeberger and other friends of Robby’s gathered over three Sunday afternoons to jam and record. Harper Hug was coordinating the sessions and was the assistant engineer.
The other session we pulled tracks from for this CD was recorded in 2023 at Donner & Blitzen studio in Crestline, CA. Mathias Schneeberger engineered these sessions, which featured the more recent Charmers, including Brant Bjork, Ryan Gut, Sean Wheeler, and me, as well as Mathias playing the Fender Rhodes and other keys and synths. The Rubber Snake Charmers is, in principle, a live performance project and the studio can tend to change the vibe and approach to improvisation. The results are quite different from our live performances, but just as much fun… and what’s more important than that to a Rubber Snake.”
New album »Electric Mecca«
Out February 5th on Heavy Psych Sounds – Preorder
The Rubber Snake Charmers is:
Sean Wheeler – Vocals / Poems
Mario Lalli – Bass / Guitars
Robby Krieger – Guitar / Slide Guitar
Brant Bjork – Guitar
Vincent Meghrouni – Drums
Ryan Güt – Drums
Mathias Schneeberger – Keyboards
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well