Flaming Lips are gonna do a double album

summer · 05.12.2009, 04:02 PM

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/flaming-lips-stretching-out-for-mystics-1003972098.story

Coyne discloses the new material's vibe is different from previous studio polished albums such as 2002's "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" and "At War with the Mystics."

Among the new songs currently in the mix are the Joy Division-meets-Miles Davis Group (John McLaughlin era)-sounding "Convinced of the Hex" and the John Lennon-inspired "I Don't Understand Karma," which Coyne describes as his response to "Instant Karma."

blunderbuss · 05.12.2009, 04:07 PM

Whoopie doo.

floatingslowly · 05.12.2009, 04:19 PM

I sincerely hope that this is the one that convinces them to never release another album ever again.

gmku · 05.12.2009, 05:17 PM

My copy of A Priest Driven Ambulance is a double LP. It's a reissue of course with extras and all that. But still, what's the big deal about a double LP?

dionysusundone · 05.12.2009, 05:33 PM

I don't know what Joy Division meets Miles Davis Group sounds like, but I'm sure it isn't anything by the Flaming Lips, even though I somewhat like them.

Kuwa_Slayne · 05.12.2009, 05:57 PM

Hmmm...I pretty much feel the same about the Lips as I do Spiritualized. I keep buying the new releases hoping for them to be good, but I'm always disappointed with the new material. The Soft Bulletin has some good tunes but it's downhill after that. Still, I have my fingers crossed, but I don't have much hope.

demonrail666 · 05.12.2009, 05:59 PM

I don't dislike Miles Davis but tend to get nervous when a band cite him as being an influence on their new project.

exploding plastic candle · 05.12.2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

My copy of A Priest Driven Ambulance is a double LP. It's a reissue of course with extras and all that. But still, what's the big deal about a double LP?

yeah, they've already released a quadruple LP!!!!!111111

gmku · 05.12.2009, 06:24 PM

I don't get it.

noisereductions · 05.12.2009, 07:22 PM

fuck a bunch of you. I love the Lips. This is great news.

gmku · 05.12.2009, 07:25 PM

I don't get it.

floatingslowly · 05.12.2009, 07:50 PM

I have no idea what yr talking about.

atsonicpark · 05.12.2009, 07:55 PM

Just what we need! Over 2 hours of overproduced garbage! Can't wait!

sl1ck · 05.12.2009, 08:02 PM

I hope Fridmann isn't working with the Lips on this album.

EVOLghost · 05.12.2009, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions

fuck a bunch of you. I love the Lips. This is great news.

same.

atsonicpark · 05.12.2009, 11:46 PM

I loved the Lips. Their music hasn't excited me in years. They need to get back on drugs.

...Sorry, bad joke. 17,000 posts!

EVOLghost · 05.13.2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I loved the Lips. Their music hasn't excited me in years. They need to get back on drugs.

...Sorry, bad joke. 17,000 posts!

gratz!

ZEROpumpkins · 05.13.2009, 12:21 AM

Remember when the Lips were good? I don't, I was 4 at that time.

Glice · 05.13.2009, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by floatingslowly

I sincerely hope that this is the one that convinces them to never release another album ever again.

There are many bands, the Lips included, who fail to follow this logic after their first album. Luckily, there are a greater number of bands who fail to release a single thing, saving the public from the potential travesty of another band ever being as terrible as the Lips.

The Earl Of Slander · 05.13.2009, 07:38 AM

While there's obviously potential for this to be great, I'm honestly not going to get my hopes up. I fucking adore electric Miles, and the idea of that mixed with the Lips in, say, 1993 is glorious, but the idea of it with the Lips that we have now... well frankly it summons up mental images over-produced sub-Floydian floaty ass nu-prog hellishness.

I really hope I'm wrong, because those early Lips records are amazing, and I'm always kind of waiting in vain for a return. If they'd described it as Joy Division-meets-Miles Davis Group with stripped down raw production and messed-up loud guitars I'd be a lot more hopeful. We'll see...

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summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/flaming-lips-stretching-out-for-mystics-1003972098.story Coyne discloses the new material's vibe is different from previous studio polished albums such as 2002's "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" and "At War with the Mystics." Among the new songs currently in the mix are the Joy Division-meets-Miles Davis Group (John McLaughlin era)-sounding "Convinced of the Hex" and the John Lennon-inspired "I Don't Understand Karma," which Coyne describes as his response to "Instant Karma." __________________
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	My copy of A Priest Driven Ambulance is a double LP. It's a reissue of course with extras and all that. But still, what's the big deal about a double LP? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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dionysusundone the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 871	I don't know what Joy Division meets Miles Davis Group sounds like, but I'm sure it isn't anything by the Flaming Lips, even though I somewhat like them. __________________ -James
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Kuwa_Slayne bad moon rising Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Under Your Bed Posts: 186	Hmmm...I pretty much feel the same about the Lips as I do Spiritualized. I keep buying the new releases hoping for them to be good, but I'm always disappointed with the new material. The Soft Bulletin has some good tunes but it's downhill after that. Still, I have my fingers crossed, but I don't have much hope. __________________ When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
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The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	While there's obviously potential for this to be great, I'm honestly not going to get my hopes up. I fucking adore electric Miles, and the idea of that mixed with the Lips in, say, 1993 is glorious, but the idea of it with the Lips that we have now... well frankly it summons up mental images over-produced sub-Floydian floaty ass nu-prog hellishness. I really hope I'm wrong, because those early Lips records are amazing, and I'm always kind of waiting in vain for a return. If they'd described it as *Joy Division-meets-Miles Davis Group with stripped down raw production and messed-up loud guitars* I'd be a lot more hopeful. We'll see... __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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