Aside from his recent song with Moby, Wayne Coyne and his Flaming Lips have been out of the spotlight since the release of The Terror in April. But soon, the zany band will be dropping not one, but two new EPs; both of them, concept albums.
The band’s Peace Sword EP, a sci-fi concept album, was inspired by the forthcoming Hollywood blockbuster featuring Harrison Ford, Ender’s Game. Due out on Black Friday (November 26th), it’ll feature six new Lips songs produced by Dave Fridmann, including “Think Like A Machine, Not A Boy”, “Wolf Children”, and “Assassin Beetle/The Dream Is Ending”.
Coyne talked about the movie with The Huffington Post back in August stating, “We really ended up liking (the movie). A lot of times, people do songs for movies and there are a lot of criteria that you have to follow to make it suit the movie people…We quite like the mood of it and the way of it, the sound and the theme of it. Steven [Drozd] and I both remarked, ‘Man, I’d like to do some more music associated with this,’ and we think they’re going to let us.. I think it could work out.”
This EP, and a split EP with Tame Impala will be coming out next month. Stay tuned for more information!
The Flaming Lips are playing two shows tonight and tomorrow at Terminal 5 as well as True Music Festival in Scottsdale, Arizona on December 14th! For tickets, click here.