“MY brain just went into autopilot,” says Gavin Will, frontman of Lush Purr, the Glasgow-based four-piece whose recent gigs have earned their clattering psyche-rock distinguished stripes.

He’s referring to the artwork for Cuckoo Waltz, his band’s debut album, out soon on vinyl via Edinburgh label Song, By Toad. A felt-pen rendering of a dinosaur navigating turd-like stalagmites and the sort of lurid swirl last seen in the Inspiral Carpets’ “psychedelic cow” logo, it’s almost a particularly fevered, Gordon Brown-starring dream by National cartoonist Greg Moodie. That spiral is an appropriate image for Horses On Morphine and current single (I’ll Admit It) I’m A Gardener – stand-out tracks that draw you deep into their fuzzy vortex. The latter careers around, a tussle between brother Rikki Will’s drums and a harum scarum of largely unintelligible lyrics. The accompanying video sees the four cavorting Monkees-stylee at Clydebank’s Jurassic Parrr Adventure Golf course, their ponchos billowing in the wind.

“It was a bit of a spur-of-the-moment thing really,” says Gavin. “The plan was to go up into the hills but the further we got we could see the snow. We happened to pass by Jurrasic Parrr and we couldn’t not go in. So we stopped off and had a game of golf.”

Written by Gavin after the demise of The Yawns, a more straight-up, Postcard Records-inspired pop band, Cuckoo Waltz originally came out on cassette via Fuzzkill Records in 2015. Now vinyl comes as the band head out for a few Scottish dates and some adventures south of the Border with Song, By Toad labelmates Meursault.

“I like touring,” says Lush Purr’s Emma Smith. “It’s good to play to people you don’t know and go a bit wild. But sometimes when you’ve had a bad night on someone’s floor you can wonder what you’re doing. We really enjoy it; we’re just not that young any more.”

Growing up in Catterline, the east coast village south of Stonehaven where artist Joan Eardley painted her dramatic seascapes, the Will brothers have been in bands since the early 2000s, and at one point supported Lightning Bolt in Aberdeen. The noise duo are an influence, as too are the equally thunderous Wolf Eyes and slacker titans Pavement and Sebadoh. A genre resurgent in the likes of LP Records’s American Clay and Lost Map new signees Savage Mansion – with whom Lush Purr play at the end of May – slacker’s DIY ethos and gentle middle finger to work-till-you-drop culture is timely. Its taste for jagged melodies is heard on the likes of Jamiroquai At The Karaoke and airy should-be single Mr Maybe. Occasionally, the spell is augmented by an electronic splurge or a flutter of bleeps – the work of keyboard player Andres Fazio who, Smith says, “can go a bit wild when we’re recording”.

That gonzo sense of playfulness belies the introspection of the lyrics. “There’s a lot there to do with anxiety,” says Gavin. “Not in too straight-up a way but often with a twist of humour. Sometimes laughing is the only way to deal with these things.”

May 3 (with Stock Manager and Shredd), Tolbooth, Stirling, 7.30pm, £5 adv, £7 on the door. Tickets: bit.ly/LPurrTolbooth
May 9 (with Yous), The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow, 7pm, £6. Tickets: bit.ly/LPurrHairdressers
May 18, Leith Depot, Edinburgh, time tbc, £5. Tickets: bit.ly/LPurrDepot
May 26 (with Savage Mansion and MUSH), The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, 8pm, £5 adv, £6 on the door. Tickets: bit.ly/LPurrHugandPint
June 8 (with Spinning Coin and Sean Nicholas Savage), The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 7.30pm, £7/£8. Tickets: bit.ly/LPurrGladCafe

Cuckoo Waltz is released on Song, By Toad on May 5 www.facebook.com/lushpurr