The Flaming Lips "The Terror"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Psychedelic, Experimental
Label: Bella Union / Warner Bros
Release date: April 1, 2013 (worldwide), April 16, 2013 (USA)
Tracklist: 
1. "Look… The Sun Is Rising"   5:13
2. "Be Free, a Way"   5:13
3. "Try to Explain"   5:00
4. "You Lust" (feat. Phantogram) 13:05
5. "The Terror"   6:20
6. "You Are Alone"   3:47
7. "Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die"   7:21
8. "Turning Violent"   4:26
9. "Always There, In Our Hearts"   4:41

Line-up: 
Wayne Coyne – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
Michael Ivins – bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Steven Drozd – lead vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Kliph Scurlock – drums, percussion
Derek Brown – guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

Description/Reviews: 

...with The Terror, the Lips take the bold step of bursting their own bubble. The band’s unrelentlingly bleak new album relates to its predecessor much as Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots did to The Soft Bulletin, retaining its antecedent’s weighty mood but deconstructing the instrumental bombast into more skeletal, mechanical forms. For all its claustrophobic tension, Embryonic still offered much in the way of thunderous rock catharsis; The Terror presents no such salve, drowning its meditative, melancholic melodies in a suffocating, smoggy haze of buzzing synth frequencies, with little rhythmic release. The first song may be called “Look… The Sun is Rising”, but it’s less cheery proclamation than grave warning, its stuttering drum beat and dentist-drill shocks conjuring ominous images of a not-too-distant future where the mere act of going outside will require the use of a gas mask and protective suit. 

 Read the full review by Stuart Berman at pitchfork.com

Media/Samples 
Entire album online

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