# New Flaming Lips Album

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flaming-lips-album/349791>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 24, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flaming-lips-album/349791 "2006-03-24T22:20:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![bclouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@bclouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bclouse)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flaming-lips-album/349791/1 "2006-03-24T22:20:00Z")

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At War With the Mystics - The Flaming Lips latest album won’t be released in the US till April 4th but you can listen to the entire album on their website if you’re interested. [flaminglips.com](http://flaminglips.com)

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flaming-lips-album/349791/2 "2006-03-24T23:09:29Z")

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I have to say, I love the Flaming Lips previous music, but this stuff just leaves me bored and uninterested.

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**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flaming-lips-album/349791/3 "2006-03-25T03:20:09Z")

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Wow, I quite like it. It’s much better than _Yoshimi_, at least. This reminds me quite a bit of pre-_Dark Side_ Pink Floyd.

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**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flaming-lips-album/349791/4 "2006-03-25T22:51:16Z")

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I just listened to the entire thing and, for the most part, I love it. I admit the album sags a bit in the middle with a few songs suffering from bland R&B-lite arrangements but those are more than made up for by some incredibly catchy pop songs and bizzare soundscapes.

I’ve been a fan since _Transmissions from the Satellite Heart_ and I feel that the Lips just keep getting better and better. It’s good to see that their sense of adventure survives untouched.

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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-flaming-lips-album/349791/5 "2006-03-26T05:02:04Z")

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I think it’s fantastic. It’s too soon to say whether it’s another Yoshimi or Soft Bulletin; we’ll have to see if it holds up as well as those have.

I caught their poorly-kept “secret” show at SXSW last week, and a couple of the new songs really went over well live (“Free Radical” and “YYY Song”, in particular).