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Album Review: The Flaming Lips - Oczy Mlody

Christopher H James

"The Flaming Lips embrace hazy techno sounds."

The Flaming Lips

Are The Flaming Lips secret synthwave fans?

Moving on from the schizoid paranoia of The Terror, The Flaming Lips embrace hazy techno sounds - and to some extent revisit the day-glo mental disintegration found on parts of The Soft Bulletin. Oczy Mlody shuffles through oozing bass, gently undulating synths and plinky drum beats. There Should Be Unicorns and the occasional scrambled vocals of How?? exemplify the trippy sleepwalker vibe, but it's hard to identify any emotion-charged anthems for their inimitable live shows, although it holds up well as a conceptual whole.