Blog: PopMatters

Ditching the pop leanings of their last three albums, the Flaming Lips go full-on experimental. The Fearless Freaks are back. Over the past decade, the Flaming Lips have steadily built their following to the point that they now exist both in the underground and on the fringe of the mainstream. They've achieved this rather remarkable feat by releasing a trio of albums that adhere to a similar blueprint: add one part sentimental ballads, one part bombastic rockers, and one part instrumental freakouts, and you've got a latter-day Flaming Lips LP. It's all become a bit...