Hear the First Single From Conan O'Brien's Spoken Word Album

If the prospect of Conan O'Brien's spoken word album, And They Call Me Mad?, has you so excited that you can't even wait until it gets released tomorrow, here's some good news: the first "single" has appeared online. It's appropriately bizarre, alternative, and totally committed to a bit that doesn't necessarily work all the time: namely, Conan O'Brien as a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein who loves scheming and lattes.

The single comes courtesy of Pitchfork -- it premiered on SiriusXM earlier this morning -- and it finds Coco bringing "dead flesh to life" in the form of "Benny," a latte-drinking monster who's fond of barbeques. Blessed with reverb worthy of a '60s boss jock and a voice that sounds like a mix of Conan's own, Andy Richter, and Bill Hader's Vincent Price impersonation, the largely improvised routine goes on for too long, but it stays funny because of sheer ridiculousness -- the image of Conan-as-Dr. Frankenstein punching up www.corpse.com alone is worth your 4 minutes. Plus, the former Tonight Show host makes "walking up the stairs" sound effects with his mouth. Could Jay Leno do something like that?

The single is sadly unembeddable, but head over to Pitchfork to take a listen.

[Pitchfork via Vulture]