Albums of the Week
Too often The Flaming Lips's song titles are better than the tunes themselves
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The Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody (Bella Union)
Over the last decade, The Flaming Lips morphed from alt-rock pioneers to electronic also-rans. Where once they brimmed over with catchy choruses and irresistible hooks – 1999’s The Soft Bulletin is a bona fide classic – now they tend to lose themselves in spacey, proggy work-outs that have more in common with their pre-fame releases.
Their 15th album, Oczy Mlody, isn’t as dense or ...
