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Embryonic – The Flaming Lips

Oklahoma rockers The Flaming Lips have been known for a brand of music laced with copious amount of psychedelic allusions, pushing it to an extent where it may be termed as going a bit over the edge by most people. But then the excesses they employ – be it in their studio productions or their larger than life live performances – are what characterise the essence of the reason for their eclectic success and following. Their latest album “Embryonic” just pushes those boundaries to another level. With a double album, and tracks ranging from epic durations to the blink-and-you-miss-it duration, “Embryonic” challenges the conventional expectations from an album. Overflowing with subliminal grooves and hypnotic tension, the fuzzy tones deserve themselves to be terms as oddities in a celestial journey. The screeching halts on “Aquarius Sabotage”, the fantastic doses of ambrosia on “Silver Trembling Hands” or the opening minutes of “Convinced of the Hex” – each track deserves to be heard again and again. For the simple reason, that the nuances present on each track may not really be discernable. There is a good possibility that you might be glowing in another subtlety on that track at that very moment when you miss the others. And by the time you are done listening to the album a few times over, we wouldn’t be surprised that you start seeing the music engulfing you on all fronts.