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| The Flaming Lips' Dark Side of the Moon companion – album stream | The Flaming Lips' Dark Side of the Moon companion – album stream |
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| • Since posting this article, the band have revealed that they will not release this album. The music was created as part of an April Fools prank with the website Funny or Die and corroborated by a news release from Warner Bros. The music remains available on Soundcloud. | • Since posting this article, the band have revealed that they will not release this album. The music was created as part of an April Fools prank with the website Funny or Die and corroborated by a news release from Warner Bros. The music remains available on Soundcloud. |
| The Flaming Lips continue to defy conventions with a full-length companion album that they claim is designed to be played at the same time as Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. | The Flaming Lips continue to defy conventions with a full-length companion album that they claim is designed to be played at the same time as Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. |
| In a statement, the psych-rock band say their new album, Flaming Side of the Moon, is “carefully crafted to sync perfectly with the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz”. The Flaming Lips appear to subscribe to the Dark Side of the Rainbow theory, which claims the pioneering album corresponds to moments in the 1939 film – even though people who worked on Pink Floyd's famous recording dispute this claim. | In a statement, the psych-rock band say their new album, Flaming Side of the Moon, is “carefully crafted to sync perfectly with the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz”. The Flaming Lips appear to subscribe to the Dark Side of the Rainbow theory, which claims the pioneering album corresponds to moments in the 1939 film – even though people who worked on Pink Floyd's famous recording dispute this claim. |
| "For ideal listening conditions," the Flaming Lips say, "fans are encouraged to seek out the original Alan Parsons-engineered quadraphonic LP mix of Dark Side, but it will work with the album on any format.” The band are no stranger to pursuing audio experiments, having released a four-disc album, Zaireeka, that is intended to be played on four stereos simultaneously. | "For ideal listening conditions," the Flaming Lips say, "fans are encouraged to seek out the original Alan Parsons-engineered quadraphonic LP mix of Dark Side, but it will work with the album on any format.” The band are no stranger to pursuing audio experiments, having released a four-disc album, Zaireeka, that is intended to be played on four stereos simultaneously. |
| This isn't the first time the Lips have paid homage to Pink Floyd. In 2009, they teamed up with the experimental rock band Stardeath and White Dwarfs and the singer Peaches to cover The Dark Side of the Moon. | This isn't the first time the Lips have paid homage to Pink Floyd. In 2009, they teamed up with the experimental rock band Stardeath and White Dwarfs and the singer Peaches to cover The Dark Side of the Moon. |
| Flaming Lips are also working with Tame Impala and Miley Cyrus on a remake of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. | Flaming Lips are also working with Tame Impala and Miley Cyrus on a remake of the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. |
| Flaming Side of the Moon will be released digitally and in a limited vinyl pressing of 100, which they say "will be distributed on vinyl to the band's friends and family". | |