Kula Shaker's new album, "Peasants, Pigs And Astronauts," now has an official U.S. release date of March 30. The London-based band will be embarking on a major city club tour of the States beginning the first week in April, according to a record company spokesperson.

The first single for the U.S. market has yet to be determined, but the song "Mystical Machine Gun" is being released in the U.K. in February. A video for the tune is currently in production. Other titles on the 14-track album include "Shower Your Love," "Great Hosannah," "S.O.S," "108," Golden Avatar," "Holy River" and "Namiami Nandanadana."

The majority of the project was recorded by producer Bob Ezrin in a studio housed in a Victorian houseboat on the river Thames. The band initially began recording in Los Angeles late in '97 with producers Rick Rubin and George Drakoulias. Those sessions produced a U.K. single, 'Sound Of Drums' last March. (see ). The band, however, opted to record the rest of the album closer to home in the U.K. and hooked up with Ezrin, whose past projects have included Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper, Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and Kiss' "Destroyer."

Like their debut effort, "K," Kula Shakers second album will feature some Indian influences including Indian instruments and guest musicians. One of the tracks is the freeform Indian chant "Radhe Radhe," a song they had recorded for the movie "Reflections Of Love."

Kula Shaker are shaking off the cobwebs this week with a surprise mini-club tour in England that kicked off last night in Birmingham.