Three Kings

Three Kings is a combination album and film by the psychedelic rock trio Dead Meadow, first released in 2010 by Xemu Records as a CD/DVD set. The album features live tracks recorded during a hometown gig at the conclusion of a five-month tour in support of previous album Old Growth, accompanied by five new interspersed studio tracks. The film strings together clips of concert performances with surreal and psychedelic scenes. There are two versions of the album: the original 14-track release, and an expanded digital-only edition that includes additional live tracks and an alternate track order. Both versions contain the album's five new studio tracks. Film The film's premise consists of three mystics "kings" who are swept into an alternate reality where they are tempted by various dark sides of humanity, with different reactions from each. This is coupled with various psychedelic scenes, usually paired with the more upbeat, jammier, songs. There is no specific theme to these scenes. One example consists of bipedal "weed-creatures" self-igniting, with the resulting smoke inhaled by the moon. Locations used include the Tatooine set from within Star Wars and residences from Diamonds Are Forever.