The album was released to wide critical acclaim and hailed by critics as a departure from their previous guitar-heavy alternative rock sound, into a more layered and intricately arranged work, with Pitchfork going so far as to give the album an incredibly rare 10/10, (The same website gave their previous album, Zaireeka, an even rarer 0/10.) and naming it the third best album of the 1990s. Records on in the UK, Europe and Australia, and on Jin the United States. Meanwhile, Coyne has also been dabbling in entrepreneurship by launching his own cannabis brand.The Soft Bulletin is the ninth album by The Flaming Lips, released by Warner Bros. In Novemeber, the Lips will be embarking on a massive world tour. Listen to it below, and read more about how this collaboration came to life via CBC News.Įarlier this year, The Flaming Lips approached live music in the time of COVID the best way they knew how: by dividing themselves and their audience members into human-sized hamster balls.
She flips Cave’s original ballad into a hushed bedroom-pop jam, embellished with the band’s psychedelic guitars. “Girl in Amber” was the first track Smith and the Flaming Lips recorded together, with Smith taking the lead vocals. It was cool to listen and learn about Nick Cave and pick the songs we wanted to record.” It was a really steep learning curve. I hadn’t heard of Nick Cave but Wayne suggested that we should start with an album of his cover versions, and then look at recording some of my own songs later. Smith added, “I still really can’t believe it, it was hard to get through all the songs but Wayne was so encouraging when I was struggling with a few of them that I kept going. It was a great way to connect with her and help harness her cool attitude to making music.” With Nell we could see she is on a journey and thought it would be fun to join her for a while and see if we could get things going. In a statement, Coyne said, “It is always great to meet excited, young creative people. Their shared passion spawned the idea of a covers album, which was recorded remotely due to the pandemic. Just like that, Smith and her father exchanged contact information with Coyne and stayed in touch. It didn’t take long for her to become a regular at their typically over-the-top performances, and after nabbing front-row spots a number of times, she caught the attention of the band’s frontman Wayne Coyne. Smith first became enamored with The Flaming Lips when she attended her first show of theirs about three years ago. That album, Where the Viaduct Looms, arrives October 25th, and today, Smith and The Flaming Lips offer a preview with their rendition of the 2016 Bad Seeds track “Girl in Amber.” For 13-year-old Nell Smith, however, that dream came true by way of an album of Nick Cave covers, recorded with none other than The Flaming Lips. It’s not every day that youngsters get to collaborate with some of their biggest musical heroes.
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