“Embryonic,” The Flaming Lips’ twelfth full-length album, demands your attention from start to finish.
It captures the alienation of the modern age and experiments with combining purposefully vague lyrics with flawless backings to create 18 memorable tracks.
My favorite track, “Worm Mountain,” is experimental, yet crisp and features musical duo MGMT.
The Flaming Lips constructed each song like a jam session with a distinct flair, yet each remains connected holistically to the other tracks. The album speaks volumes to listeners and culminates the band’s entire career of avant-garde experimentation.
The Lips combine old technologies in new ways that force the listener to confront issues of identity in a post-modern world. “Embryonic” will speak to you in a compelling way, so get ready to be rocked.
Lips offer psychedelic jam session
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