At War with Mystics: "With all your power"

What I adore about the Flaming Lips is there innate belief in the individual to make a difference, to endure, to take on the whole world - and win. They celebrate the outsider, the under dog, and for that I love them.

They are an art rock band in the best sense of the phrase, inasmuch: they never stand still; they are constantly pushing the boundaries; they engage the mind as well as the emotions; they are not afraid to experiment. In other words they rock your world whilst blowing your mind.

Their latest album - At War With Mystics - which has just leaked, is no exception - in the sense that it is truely exceptional. I have just listened to it and my socks have officially been blown off. At War With Mystics is as the title suggests a wonderfully confrontational barnstormer of an album, which is hardly surprising given that Wayne Coyne has been quoted as saying George W. Bush was the principal inspiration for the album:

"I guess we've found it hard not to get a little frustrated with America. There's this fundamentalist, right wing Christian president and you can only stand there so long and be tolerant. Sometimes you just want to say, 'Jeez, you people are retarded.' I don't want people to think of us as Zen masters sitting up on the mountain not understanding what's going on."

The War Against Mystics somehow manages the trick of sounding more low-fi and acoustic than Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots whilst simultaneously sounding even more mindbendingly psychedelic and cosmic in its scope (if that's possible). That said, same emotional lyricism that you'd expect from a Flaming Lips album is present and the music itself is solid, squelchy, and spiritually sublime.

See what you think:
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Song - The Flaming Lips.

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If like me you are interested in the creative process, then I suggest you check out Song Notes From The Sorcerer's Orphan were Wayne Coyne discusses in great detail the inspiration behind each song.