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As reported, MGMT and Karen O show up on the Flaming Lips’ forthcoming double album Embryonic, but as far as I can tell, they don’t show up on either the shuffling “Convinced Of The Hex” or the echoing “Silver Trembling Hands.” “Convinced” comes with an interestingly unhinged, busy pace. The dreamy “Silver” hits more like epics of Flaming Lips past, but check out the Kraut-style percussion. The two tracks are both at Covert Curiosity. The also show up — along with “The Impulse” and three B-sides — on the above pictured digital EP, which you can get when purchasing tickets online for certain Lips summer shows.

Embryonic is out in 9/29 on Warner Bros.

Comments (15)
  1. Ah finally some tracks from the album and they sound great too.

  2. KJK  |   Posted on Jul 20th, 2009 0

    has anybody gotten their b-sides yet?

  3. Burg   |   Posted on Jul 20th, 2009 0

    Enjoyable!!!

  4. Billy Side  |   Posted on Jul 20th, 2009 0

    never understood why this band gets attention. he can’t sing, they try to sound like pink floyd…why?

    • Andrew  |   Posted on Jul 20th, 2009 0

      My friend, get ready for a lot of red arrows

    • Nick Rock  |   Posted on Jul 22nd, 2009 0

      ^^^ Never heard the Soft Bulletin. Sure, they touch on some Flink Floyd sounds on Mystics, but their best stuff is pretty incomparable to anything

  5. Drake  |   Posted on Jul 20th, 2009 0

    MGMT and The Flaming Lips are both playing at the Splendour in the Grass festival in Australia this weekend. Think will see a collab???

  6. Hieronymus  |   Posted on Jul 21st, 2009 0

    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

    Mmmmmmmm.

    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

    I like these a bunch.

  7. David  |   Posted on Jul 21st, 2009 0

    Both of these sound like the silver apples; fuckin’ awesome!

  8. Is it just me or does Wayne sound COMPLETELY different on these tracks?

  9. john  |   Posted on Jul 31st, 2009 0

    Yeah, Wayne’s singing sounds a little lower and a bit more focused these days. I like it! Convinced of the Hex and Silver Trembling Hands are a bit darker and “open-spaced” than their past couple of records…also grittier production. It’s a nice change. Even though I’m generally skeptical when it comes to double albums (except Wilco’s Being There), I’m super excited to hear the rest of the record!

  10. pala  |   Posted on Aug 15th, 2009 0

    Their benchmark is so high.If you don’t like a certain song they will simply dazzle ysou with some other. They have played the most memorable concerts too. Just such a wondrous band.

  11. KJK  |   Posted on Jul 20th, 2009 0

    MGMT, Karen O, and a German mathmetician are going to be on Embryonic (not on the EP). I’d say their contributions are small since I think they did it over the phone. And Stereogum says that the EP consists of the 3 new songs and the 3 b-sides you get when you purchase tickets, but that’s not true. I got the 3 new songs a couple of weeks ago but they haven’t released the b-sides yet.

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