{"id":1377,"date":"2016-10-22T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T11:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2016-10-22T12:17:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T11:17:30","slug":"the-flaming-lips-return-with-long-awaited-new-album-oczy-mlody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"The Flaming Lips return with long awaited new album &#8216;Oczy Mlody&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE FLAMING LIPS\u00a0are pleased to announce the release of their long-awaited new studio album, entitled\u00a0<i>OCZY MLODY<\/i>, on\u00a013th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>January\u00a02017 via\u00a0Bella Union. Produced by the band and their long-time producer\u00a0Dave Fridmann, the highly-anticipated LP is the follow-up to\u00a0their\u00a0globally acclaimed 2013 album, <em>The Terror<\/em>.\u00a0The Lips\u00a0have also shot a video for the album track &#8216;The Castle&#8217;.\u00a0Filmed in Oklahoma City, the video is as emotionally affecting as the song itself<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Flaming Lips - The Castle (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WK_ggTw4lhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Three-time Grammy-Award winners, The Flaming Lips\u00a0are one of the most enduring, influential, unpredictable, and universally respected bands of their generation or any other. Led by\u00a0Wayne\u00a0Coyne, they have been cited as the ultimate live attraction and life-affirming festival band who continue to dazzle audiences with their\u00a0over-the-top, maximalist,\u00a0high-energy onslaught on the senses. On\u00a0<em>Oczy Melody<\/em>, the Lips return to form with an album no less experimental in nature, but perhaps more melodically song-oriented, recalling the best parts of their most critically applauded albums\u00a0<em>The Soft Bulletin\u00a0<\/em>and the gold-certified\u00a0<em>Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Oczy Melody<\/em> is available for pre-order beginning today. Fans who pre-order the the album from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flaminglips.com\/\">band\u2019s official website<\/a>, will receive an instant download of &#8216;The Castle&#8217;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and three more tracks in advance of the album\u2019s release date.\u00a0The album will be released in several configurations: a 12-song CD, a 12-song digital version as well as a 12-song double-LP vinyl edition &#8211; pressed on coloured vinyl and an 11-song single-LP vinyl edition (both of which include a digital download card of all 12 songs on <em>Oczy Melody<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wbr.box.com\/s\/gne27mhhcw0ohat4i0c6yp36zhr0dw70\">here<\/a>\u00a0for a deeper inside view into the making of <em>Oczy Melody<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>from Wayne himself.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally The Flaming Lips<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will tour the world in support of <em>Oczy Melody<\/em>, including two UK shows in January:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday\u00a021st January\u00a0\u2013 LONDON\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brixton Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 22nd January\u00a0\u2013\u00a0MANCHESTER &#8211;\u00a0Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since releasing\u00a0<em>The Terror<\/em>\u00a0The Lips have released &#8216;With A Little Help From My Fwends&#8217;, a star-studded track-for-track tribute to The Beatles\u2019\u00a0<em>Sgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em>\u00a0that featured special guests My Morning Jacket, Miley Cyrus, Moby, Phantogram, Tegan and Sara, and many others. They also collaborated with Cyrus on her 23-track experimental album <em>Miley Cyrus &amp; Her Dead Petz<\/em>. Miley Cyrus returns the favour by adding vocals to &#8216;We A Famly&#8217;,\u00a0the final track from <em>Oczy Melody.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oczy Melody\u00a0<\/em>will be released\u00a013th January\u00a0on\u00a0Bella Union\u00a0(Warner Bros Records in the US). Album artwork, tracklisting and new Flaming Lips photo by George Salisbury below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-FLAMING-LIPS-CWO-2.png\" alt=\"2016-flaming-lips-cwo-2\" width=\"567\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-FLAMING-LIPS-CWO-2.png 567w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-FLAMING-LIPS-CWO-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-FLAMING-LIPS-CWO-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-FLAMING-LIPS-CWO-2-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-FLAMING-LIPS-CWO-2-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-FLAMING-LIPS-CWO-2-450x450.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>OCZY MLODY<\/i><\/b>\u00a0track-listing below:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Oczy Mlody<\/li>\n<li>How??<\/li>\n<li>There Should Be Unicorns<\/li>\n<li>Sunrise (Eyes of the Young)<\/li>\n<li>Nigdy Nie (Never No)<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy I Sink<\/li>\n<li>One Night While Hunting For Faeries and Witches and Wizards To Kill<\/li>\n<li>Do Glowy<\/li>\n<li>Listening To The Frogs With Demon Eyes<\/li>\n<li>The Castle<\/li>\n<li>Almost Home (Blisko Domu)<\/li>\n<li>We A Famly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1380\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Flaming-Lips-Oczy-Mlody.png\" alt=\"the-flaming-lips-oczy-mlody\" width=\"567\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Flaming-Lips-Oczy-Mlody.png 567w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Flaming-Lips-Oczy-Mlody-150x150.png 150w, 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