On October 21, a certain beloved Bay Area prog-funk posse will release Primus & the Chocolate Factory, which is everything you’d hope it’d be based on the title — a concept album honoring the 1971 Gene Wilder-starring Willy Wonka film by remaking its wild music in this band’s odd image. A little while back we heard “Pure Imagination,” which was bananas and held true (as true a possible) to Les Claypool’s description of this project’s sound as “early Peter Gabriel meets Dark Side of the Moon meets the Residents.” Now we have the pleasure of handing you, dear reader, the “Golden Ticket” itself.

Heard below, that memorable cut from the film is reborn with help from bounding bass, chiming vibes, Claypool’s deep warble, and a handful of eerie effects — taken all together, this is the aural march of a demented carnival barker leading a band of skeletons weilding toy instruments. Our conductor and colonel’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade pitch in on the album too (credited as the Fungi Ensemble), making for a robust bunch of tried and true rock experimentalists, playing in service of a canonical slab of cinematic psychedelia.

Which is to say, it’s a good fit. Pre-order via iTunes and Club Bastardo.

Beneath the song, you’ll find a whole gaggle of Primus & the Chocolate Factory tour dates, some just announced. There’s no earthly way of knowing which direction they are going. There’s no knowing where they’re rowing … unless you scroll down.

Primus & the Chocolate Factory (unless noted) tour dates:

October 22 – Upper Darby, PA @ Tower Theatre

October 24 – Albany, NY @ Palace Theatre

October 25 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre

October 26 – Burlington, VT @ Flynn Center for Performing Arts

October 28 – Waterbury, CT @ Palace Theater

October 29 – Baltimore, MD @ Hippodrome

October 31 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre

November 1 – New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theatre

November 2 – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory

November 3 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit

November 5 – St. Louis, MO @ Peabody Opera House

November 7 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

November 8 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle

November 9 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live

November 11 – Miami Beach, FL @ The Fillmore Miami Beach at The Jackie Gleason Theater

November 12 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall

November 14 – Biloxi, MS @ Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

November 15 – Austin, TX @ ACL live at the Moody Theater

November 16 – Dallas, TX @ The Majestic Theatre

November 17 – San Antonio, TX @ Majestic Theatre

November 19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre Phoenix

November 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre LA

November 22 – Escondido, CA @ Center for the Arts

December 31 – Oakland, CA # Fox Theater*

January 2 – Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

January 3 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theater

*annual New Year’s show, without Chocolate Factory