“Mother I’ve Taken LSD” is a Syd Barrett-esque ballad-majestic drums, sweeping strings-about Coyne’s older brother telling their mom he’d taken acid, and how much this scared a young Coyne. Admitted LSD fan Kacey Musgraves lends guest vocals to that track as well as “Watching the Light-bugs Glow” low in the mix, she can be heard talking about one of her own trips. “Flowers of Neptune 6” is a hazy celebration of acid experimentation. “Will You Return When You Come Down” layers dreamy harmonies and lush piano with earthy guitar and Coyne’s trademark wavering warble. But it is lovely, laden with emotionally charged strings and Drozd’s commanding percussion. All that floatiness means it’s not their catchiest (and this is a band capable of writing a killer hook). If you can suspend your disbelief-and if you’re listening to a Flaming Lips record, that likely isn’t a problem-it’s a free-floating trip of spaced-out bliss. It also weaves in Coyne’s own memories of his youth in Tulsa, OK. Written after the 2017 death of Tom Petty, it’s a fantasy concept: imagined lost songs recorded by Petty and his early ’70s band Mudcrutch, if they’d taken drugs supplied by Lips frontman Wayne Coyne’s brother’s drug-dealing friends. But the band may have topped their usual out-there factor with American Head, their 16th album.
The Flaming Lips’ catalog includes songs about pink robots invading the planet and drummer Steven Drozd’s lie about a staph infection in his hand (it was heroin-related, not a spider bite). American Head takes on a welcome temporal shift that occupies a similar space to that of The Soft Bulletin or Yoshmi Battles the Pink Robots and just may be their most beautiful and consistent work to date. Among them, God and the Policeman featuring backing vocals from country superstar Kasey Musgraves. The album is comprised of thirteen new cinematic tracks, produced by longtime collaborator Dave Fridmann and The Lips.
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Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bella UnionĪmerican Legends The Flaming Lips release their 21st studio album, American Head via Bella Union. FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 50:37 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Alternative, Indie
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