Embryonic
In a shocking turn, the Flaming Lips offer their most audacious undertaking since Zaireeka, an unrelentingly paranoid, static-soaked acid-rock epic.
The Flaming Lips begin the new Embryonic with “Convinced Of The Hex,” a stunted, herky-jerky, head-trip anthem that would’ve fit well on the Lips’ previous album, the splattery At War With The Mystics. “Convinced Of The Hex” may be the worst song on Embryonic, but it’s a necessary transition to where the band then…
Christmas on Mars might be the Flaming Lips' bona fide sci-fi epic, but Embryonic is the musical equivalent of the final scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey: transformative chaos that results in a new start.
A review of the brand new album by The Flaming Lips, Embryonic, which is out on Warner Bros. records.
It has been some time since the Flaming Lips sounded this unfocused, writes <strong>Graeme Thomson</strong>
Even when the band pulls back for one of their quirky love songs, it’s something of a disaster.
Over the past decade, the Flaming Lips have steadily built their following to the point that they now exist both in the underground and on the fringe of...
Even the Flaming Lips themselves admit their epic 'free-form jam' double CD is a tough ride. <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong> gets stuck in
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic review: The Flaming Lips say a lot without really saying anything at all.