Re: New Flaming Lips!
I finally got around to hearing "At War with the Mystics" and I like it quite a bit.
good points and bad points.
good point: less 'string synth'. I think they've been overdoing this sound at least since 'Zaireeka' it is nearly absent here. yay.
bad point: when you've written so many songs, new songs remind you of old songs.
good: sometimes they are nearly as good or better.
g: like "yoshimi" they seem to be both goofing off and getting serious at the same time
it suits them
b: not everybody seems to think so and I've gotta admit, I've only spun it two or three times. generally it takes me 6 or 7 spins to have an opinion. Either I'm getting old or I think I've got it squared away already.
GGG: that's not TOO bad a thing. it's a more immediate album in a lot of ways. it still has pretty, naval gazy things but it's also the most ROCK they've sounded in a while.
I like it. I think I rank it alongside their last couple efforts which I rank mighty high indeed. they aren't treading any new ground but they love what they do and I think they get that love in the grooves.
I can't get 'the yeah yeah yeah yeah song' out of my head.
so far, that's a good thing.