After the Record Store Day album (2019), the American psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips focuses on another body part with their sixteenth album: the head. This time, the group is taking a step back and not so much about alienating the listener with all sorts of crazy details. The sound harks back to the 70s and hangs somewhere between lofi-pop and psychedelic rock with a slight hint of glam
… rock. This time they remain down to earth, because the inspiration for American Head was in Oklahoma. After seeing a documentary about , frontman Wayne Coyne took off with the quintessential idea that the album should sound like some kind of jam session with Petty when he was recording in Tulsa with his first group. . The result is a gently rippling album with beautifully constructed songs in which Coyne is once again allowed to sing about love, death and drugs to his heart's content. (JvQ)more
