Rather than a string of singles, it feels like a universe of sound, carefully created and richly textured. Like many great albums, Embryonic is best enjoyed as a complete entity. Similarly, in “Evil,” when a cacophonous melody gives way to sparse beauty, frontman Wayne Coyne croons, See the sun, it’s trying again. While the tone of the album is often animalistic-pounding drums, primal vocals-the lyrics literalize the concept in tunes like “Worm Mountain” and “I Can Be a Frog” (featuring the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Karen O doing creature impersonations).
The group’s neatest hat trick is to be both sprawling and focused, due in large part to thematic consistency between its lyrics and music. Verdict: Why have I been missing out on these guys? From the opening strains of “Convinced Of The Hex” to the closing growl of “Watching The Planets,” the Lips create a hypnotic, moody world reminiscent of Pink Floyd’s epic “Dark Side of the Moon.” Sure, I’ve heard a few of their big songs, like “ She Don’t Use Jelly” and my favorite, “ Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.” But it was from a mostly neophyte perspective that I listened to their latest release, Embryonic. Subscribe to our print magazine.Ĭonfession: I don’t know much about The Flaming Lips.
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