The Cat in the Hat is plotting a comeback. Jay Kay, the smooth-dancing British funskter whose act Jamiroquai unleashed piles of hits in the 90s and 2000s and won a Grammy before going into a long hibernation, looks set for a return.

Jamiroquai dropped a 22-second teaser under the banner “Automaton Transmission 001,” the first taste of the outfit's anticipated eighth album Automaton.

It’s an epic, futuristic clip, spliced with images of soaring landscapes and subterranean tunnels. Jay looks right at home as the Space Cowboy with a glowing headpiece which could be a prop from an unseen Empire of the Sun promo.