Three months into this year and the only other record I've loved as much was the new My Bloody Valentine album....The Terror is quite frankly amazing. I haven't felt this way about an album since the first time I heard Kid A honestly. This has such a desolate and cold vibe and it's brooding and dark. I love how they are constantly being progressive and chanllenging themselves artistically...while at the same time, still writing music that I can completelty submerge my brain into. An amazing piece of work.

Apparently, they debuted the whole record at SXSW a couple days ago and played it beginning to end live. They had a new stage production that might be used for an upcoming tour and might not be like the Flaming Lips of old anymore...

We're nervous, yeah, but it’s good to be nervous about trying new things. Some of [the new songs] are sort of slow, mid-tempo songs, which are great as recordings, but sometimes to play three or four of those in a row in front of an audience, it can be kind of a challenge. They’re songs, you know? We get known for space bubbles and confetti and shit like that. I don’t know if [we’re] retiring it, maybe just not do it for a while, or not do it so much and so much attention to it. I just kind of feel like if we keep doing that, it stops us from doing other stuff.


Plus, I'm excited to pick up the vinyl when it comes out because apparently side four of the deluxe vinyl comes with a Dan Deacon remix of the ENTIRE album. Perfection!