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The Flaming Lips remain on the cutting edge after 25 years Date published: 8/27/2009
BY RYAN LITTLE FOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR For the past 25 years, The Flaming Lips have released some of the strangest music out there, but they've still maintained serious commercial appeal. After 12 albums, three Grammys and one official state song (in March of this year, their tune "Do You Realize??" was voted Oklahoma's official rock song), they've decided to stray from the more polished sound of their recent albums and delve back into the more bizarre, psychedelic sounds of their past. Frontman Wayne Coyne and his bandmates will be releasing "Embryonic," the follow-up to 2006's "At War With The Mystics," on Oct. 13. The band will promote the album tomorrow at Merriweather Post Pavilion. They've already released three songs from the album, all of which are remarkably strange mixes of ambiance and dissonance. In a recent phone interview, Coyne seemed confident that the drastic changes in the band's sound wouldn't alienate fans. "I think our audience would always forgive us if we tried new things and failed, but I don't think we'd be worthy of their forgiveness if we just settled in and said, 'We do this one thing and we try to do it well, but we're not concerned with progressing or exploring or experimenting.' I think when we go to do records like this, I feel utterly fearless." Initially, the band thought it would include some more refined songwriting on the album, Coyne said. "In the beginning, we intended to do a double record, meaning that we were thinking we would do 10 or 11 of the very produced, 'find the essence of The Flaming Lips' sort of songs." However, plans changed once work on the album began. "The minute we started to work on the more indulgent, freak-out, free-form stuff, I don't think we ever wanted to go back and do the other stuff," Coyne said. The Flaming Lips are currently on tour with Star Death and The White Dwarfs, which is led by Coyne's nephew.
Date published: 8/27/2009
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