The Flaming Lips have announced the details of their thirteenth studio album.
‘The Terror‘ is slated for release on April 1st after being produced by both the band and Dave Fridmann in New York’s Tarbox Studios, and is described as comprising, ‘Nine original compositions that reflect a darker-hued spectrum than previous works’.
“Why would we make this music that is ‘The Terror’ – this bleak, disturbing record? I don’t really want to know the answer that I think is coming: that we were hopeless, we were disturbed and, I think, accepting that some things are hopeless,” frontman Wayne Coyne has said. “Or letting hope in one area die so that hope can start to live in another? Maybe this is the beginning of the answer.”
The band have also confirmed two London dates at the Roundhouse on May 20th and 21st, while the non-album track ‘Sun Blows Up Today‘ is set to whet the appetite for new material on February 3rd.