A career spanning over thirty years and fourteen albums, the Lips have showed no signs of slowing down or opting to shed their long-standing image as that one band that is often associated with the psychedelic side of modern rock music. “One Night While Hunting For Faeries And Witches And Wizards To Kill”ĩ. The Flaming Lips have always been, for better or worse, a weird group. See the first track listing, including possible classic-on-arrival “Do Glowy,” below:ħ.
Bizarrely, a full 12-track listing surfaced on iTunes in New Zealand, indicating a potential adult-fairy-tale through line. Oczy Mlody will be the Tulsa band’s first proper release - outside of their “Dead Petz” work - since 2014’s The Terror. The Coyne-core title and album art unofficially surfaced in August, when go-to Lips artist George Salisbury teased visuals and a list of files on his computer titled “The Flaming Lips- Oczy Mlody.” It’s possible that some of the music may be over a year old, since Wayne Coyne claimed in a May 2015 interview with Mark Radcliffe that the band was ready to “piece together” to be released that fall. A single, “The Castle,” is set to be released at midnight tonight, according to Stereogum.
The title is, well, Oczy Mlody, and the estimated release date is January 13th. After releasing Embryonic in 2009, the Flaming Lips focused their attention on a string of inessentials a throng of deluxe reissues, collaboration albums and throwaway EPs on MP3.
Judging by New Zealand-only iTunes (!), one of the first major musical offerings of 2017 will be a new Flaming Lips album.