![]() The “7 Skies” returns toward the end and finishes out on the quite lovely “Can’t Let It Go”, with that beginning musical idea still running deep throughout. This is probably the noisiest moment of the album. It’s an explosion of meters running red, much like some of Embryonic’s noisier moments. The digital, while you still get the gist, isn’t the same experience. This opinion is solely based on the vinyl copy. The beauty of this record is that everything flows effortlessly into one another…that is if you have the vinyl version. “Meepy Morp” sounds like a dream sequence into another realm. The Lips haven’t sounded this real in a long time. It’s over 8 minutes of sadness and beauty. “7 Skies H3(Can’t Shut Off My Head)” is mournful with it’s synths and Wayne Coyne’s voice hovering. ![]() An earthbound interpretation of doom and gloom. I feel it’s a continuation of The Terror, but a human one. It’s at times melancholy, strange, brash, and downright noisy. It’s this cohesive musical exploration of, in my opinion, someone losing their mind. Whatever.” Well I think the Lips thought the same thing and came to the conclusion that they should whittle this music adventure down into non-gargantuan portions. When the 24 hour song thing came up I just sighed and thought “Sure. One freakout gimmick after another was falling out of Wayne Coyne’s gummy head, and on a daily basis it seemed. This 50 minute RSD 2014 release is just a nearly one hour chunk of the 24 hour song the Lips recorded back when gummy vaginas and gummy skulls containing flash drives were all the rage. But now we have 7 Skies H3, the best record The Flaming Lips have released in 5 years. The Peace Sword ep was a step into the light a bit….a welcome sound. The Terror was a heavy and intense record that felt like something real, but it also felt like its blood was pumped with a robotic heart and not one of real flesh. The Heady Fwends album from 2012, while fun and interesting at the time hasn’t really held up except for a couple standout tracks. It’s safe to say without Drozd, Coyne would be mowing lawns in Norman, OK for a living right now and not reigning as the King of Freakdom like he is today. ![]() Uncle Wayne’s schtick was getting kinda lame and all the talk of acid and drugs seemed to be in poor taste given that the Lips secret weapon, Steve Drozd, was a recovering heroin addict. There was a time about two years ago where I felt the Lips had worn out their “freak out” welcome, driving the psych and sex train into the ground. I think I’m pretty accurate in saying that I’m speaking to a room of about 10 people that even give a s**t, but I’m going to keep talking regardless. I’ve been listening to The Flaming Lips 7 Skies H3 a lot since RSD and I have to say that it’s probably my favorite Lips release since Embryonic.
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