The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin: Live At Red RocksOn 26th May 2016, The Flaming Lips performed their universally acclaimed 1999 album The Soft Bulletin in its entirety with the Colorado Symphony at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. This particular event has been regarded by those in attendance as one of the most awe inspiring, moving and magical moments of a lifetime. For the Lips and their fans, perhaps the apex of a magnificent interpretation that will remain as rewarding and

but with beautiful songs

Equally shocking was the high level of craftsmanship exhibited by new songs like

åÊLP - 12 Tracks

In retrospect

poetic shanties

was hewn spanning tours (with Hartley C

free drummer playing in his garage a few blocks from me

like Whitney

joyous and melancholic

four oddball outsiders from Boston blending US underground thrash rock

loss and regeneration via forlorn outsider pop

outlines rather than fully defined structures