Since most of the Flaming Lips 2011 releases are limited to record stores most people probably can’t get to, we have decided to compile all the monthly releases here on this page. As new music is released, this page will be updated.
(This doesn’t break our “no leaked/illegal material” rule since Wayne has acknowledged [on several occasions] that this music is freely available on the Internet. These links were uploaded by the good people at Slow-Nerve-Action. We’ll delete this page when the band releases their official 2011 compilation, or if asked to. No harm intended!)
February: “Two Blobs Fucking”
A Zaireeka-esque YouTube “symphony” designed to be played with twelve iPhones.
- Two Blobs Fucking
March: The Flaming Lips with Neon Indian
Collaboration with “chillwave” aficionado Alan Palomo, better known as Neon Indian.
- Is David Bowie Dying?
- Alan’s Theremin
- You Don’t Respond
- Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth, Pt. 2
April: Gummy Song Skull
Four songs released on a USB drive contained inside a tropical-flavored gummy skull. Delicious.
- Drug Chart
- In Our Bodies, Out of Our Heads
- Walk With Me
- Hillary’s Time Machine Machine
May: The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73
Collaboration with electronic musician Guillermo Scott Herren, who releases music under the name Prefuse 73. (Check out his One Word Extinguisher record — it’s great!)
- Supermoon Made Me Want to Pee
- Heavy Star Movin’
- Be Like That That That
- Guillermo’s Bolero
June: The Soft Bulletin Live La Fantastique De Institution 2011
The Soft Bulletin recorded live in studio. Released on a limited-edition Gummy Skull to two-day Hollywood Forever concert passholders.
- Race for the Prize
- A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
- The Spark That Bled
- The Spiderbite Song
- What is the Light?/The Observer
- Waitin’ for a Superman
- Suddenly Everything Has Changed
- The Gash
- Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
- Sleeping on the Roof
June: Gummy Song Fetus
Music enclosed in a gummy fetus.
- Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear Part 2
- Steven’s Moonbow
- Squishy Glass
July: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt/Lightning Bolt with The Flaming Lips
Collaboration with noise rock duo Lightning Bolt. Side A is two songs by The Flaming Lips, Side B is Lightning Bolt’s version of each song.
The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt:
- I’m Working at NASA on Acid
- I Want to Get High But I Don’t Want Brain Damage
Lightning Bolt with The Flaming Lips:
- NASA’s Final Acid Bath
- I Want to Get Damaged But I Won’t Say Hi
September: Strobo Trip
Three songs released alongside a strobe-light toy. Track 2 is the Six Hour Song.
- Butterfly, How Long It Takes to Die
- Found a Star on the Ground
- Evil Minds
October: 24 Hour Song Skull
Contains “7 Skies H3,” a 24 hour “sound poem” about loss. Released in a real human skull with chrome drip.
- 7 Skies H3
Click here to stream. Click here to download from what.cd.
December: The Flaming Lips with Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band
Collaboration with Yoko Ono and her recently reformed Plastic Ono Band.
- The Fear Litany
- Do It!
- Brain of Heaven
- Atlas Eets Christmas
Click here to download a SoundCloud rip. (128kbps, better quality available soon)
