Soul Enema embrace heroes and villains in Spymania video

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Soul Enema release comic book-themed animated video for their Of Clans And Clones And Clowns track Spymania

Soul Enema
Soul Enema

Soul Enema have released a comic book-themed video for their track Spymania.

The song is lifted from the band’s new album Of Clans And Clones And Clowns which arrived last month and featured guest appearances from artists including Yossi Sassi and Arjen Lucassen.

The band tell Prog Sphere: “As it turns out, evil reptilians from planet Nibiru came down to Earth and they are very close to get the key to universal knowledge.

“The super-human powers of Batman and Chuck Norris stand in their way, but it turns out, that only something related to the world of music is able to save the human race. What is it? Watch it until the end!”

The band utilised paintings and drawings by Russian artist Vasya Lozhkin for the Spymania video, with keyboardist Constantin Glantz, adding: “I must state that Spymania has some amusing background.

“The lyrics for this song were written in 2006, or maybe even earlier, and it features a kind of goofy, paranoid mock story about someone being mysteriously thrown from the Empire State Building.

“Fast forward to the year 2015, and suddenly we have a conspiracy scandal taking place around the same building during a big ecological happening, when some claimed there’s Kali or Satan images projected on the building’s windows as part of some mystic apocalyptic ritual!”

Find the Of Clans And Clones And Clowns cover art and tracklist below.

Soul Enema Of Clans And Clones And Clowns tracklist

  1. Omon Ra
  2. Cannibalissimo Ltd.
  3. Spymania
  4. Breaking the Waves
  5. The Age of Cosmic Baboon
  6. In Bed With an Enemy
  7. Last Days of Rome
  8. Dear Bollock (Was a Sensitive Man)
  9. Aral Sea I - Feeding Hand
  10. Aral Sea II - Dustbin of History
  11. Aral Sea III - Epilogue
  12. Octopus Song
  13. Eternal Child
  14. Of Clans And Clones And Clowns

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.