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Black Lips

Season Of The Peach

    Black Lips return with a brand-new studio album, 'Season Of The Peach', a 40-minute rock and roll odyssey, tripping through DIY genres where garage rock meets new wave pop, and disgruntled country shakes hands with epic western soundtracks. The 14-track album captures the energy and spirit of early Black Lips while simultaneously applying new approaches to songwriting.

    The album is a musical merry-go-round, a journey featuring road-weary tales from the underbelly of a lights-out America. It’s bookended by 'The Illusion' parts one and two: a barroom quest for hope, fear, and hate, thwarted at each turn by a sense of resignation, “you reach for the sky / but it’s an illusion.” Elsewhere, 'Wild One' plays out like a Morricone romp through another day in Hell. A mantra for the hungover, a skin-crawling lament in praise of the wild at heart.

    'Tippy Tongue' sees Black Lips take on 60s girl group soul, like The Shangri-Las and Ronettes infiltrated by Jayne/Wayne County, paying homage to Buddha Records. Meanwhile, 'Kassandra' has a guitar sound scrubbed clean for a Sunday, chiming its way through ever-spiralling salvos like The Chocolate Watchband with Zappa on vocals. 'Zulu Saints' is an upbeat country honk, a good-time brush with bravado, peppered with Cole on an incredulous radio phone-in show, looking for black-eyed peas and winning big on the slot machines.

    For the recording sessions they holed up in the bucolic surroundings of drummer Oakley’s new Sound At Manor studio in the Catskills (the first album recorded there since Oakley built the studio in 2020). In this idyllic setting, the band disconnected from city life and committed their music to analogue tape, part of their quest to embrace spontaneity and capture the energy of a live Black Lips show on record.

    TRACK LISTING

    1. The Illusion Part Two
    2. Zulu Saints
    3. Sx Sx Sx Men
    4. Wild One
    5. So Far Gone
    6. Judas Pig
    7. Kassandra
    8. Baptism In The Death House
    9. Until We Meet Again
    10. Tippy Tongue
    11. Happy Place
    12. Prick
    13. Hatman
    14. The Illusion Part One

    The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - Live At The Paradise Lounge, Boston Oct. 27, 2002 (Black Friday 23 Edition)

      THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2023 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24TH ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

      IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 25TH).


      Three months after the release of their classic album Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, the Flaming Lips played a small show at The Paradise Lounge in Boston for the local alternative radio station WBOS. The small crowd of competition winners and invited fans were treated to a 40 minute set that included “Do You Realize??” and “Fight Test”, plus covers of Pink Floyd’s “Lucifer Sam” and Beck’s “The Golden Age”. One feature of this show were the song intros by Wayne Coyne.This is the first release on vinyl and it’s on limited edition pink!

      Jeff Clarke (Black Lips)

      Locust

        Berlin-based Bretford Records releases Locust, the new solo album from Jeff Clarke (Black Lips member) – a stripped-down, melancholic change of pace from the Canadian singer-songwriter whose boisterous garage rock compositions with the bands Demon’s Claws, Hellshovel, and the Black Lips led to King Khan identifying him as one of the “unsung heroes of rock n’ roll.”

        This time out, Clarke’s sincere, poetic texts are accompanied only by his acoustic guitar. The warm, dreamy, minimalist folk sound is enhanced by the recordings themselves – all done in a single session, outdoors in a forest north of Berlin, Clarke’s adopted home since 2016.

        The concept for the intimate setting came from Lorenz Szukal, guitarist in legendary Berlin indie rockers Chuckamuck and die Verlierer, who recognized that Clarke’s songwriting, which he had long admired, would be equally powerful when pared down and showcased in a different light. When the two took Szukal’s mobile recording equipment into the woods, the more naturalistic atmosphere revealed a mixture of light and shadow, fragility and resilience, pain and relief in the songs.

        And yet Locust is much more than a mere study in contrasts; harmonized by Clarke’s extraordinary writing, the thirteen songs of the album create a coherent ambiance in which Clarke’s voice – like the soft complaint of a lonesome wolf – blends with the vivid lyrical imagery, the subtle dynamics of his guitar playing, and an almost imperceptible echo to leave the listener in a daydream state. In daring to present his unique sensibility in such a raw, elemental setting, Locust marks a striking new direction and reveals Clarke to be a spiritual descendant of Townes van Zandt.

        TRACK LISTING

        01. Something Happened
        02. Feathers Of A Moth
        03. Bed Of Glass
        04. Whips Of Holly
        05. Locust
        06. Left Out In The Cold
        07. Hypothermia
        08. Elizabeth
        09. Weird Ways
        10. Stolen Valor
        11. Strawberry Sun
        12. Kind Of Boy
        13. Never Going To Run

        Black Lips

        Underneath The Rainbow - 2023 Reissue

          The seventh studio album from the mighty Black Lips is finally back on vinyl, part of a series of Fire re-issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. Featuring fan favourites such as ‘Boys in the Wood’ and ‘Funny’, this is an essential slice of Black Lips history. The band convened at Dunham Studios in New York to record initial tracks with Dap Kings music director Tommy Brenneck (Cee Lo, Charles Bradley), then decamped to Nashville to record several songs with Patrick Carney of The Black Keys producing, finally rounding out the album with a couple of songs co-produced with lifetime Lips recording collaborator, Ed Rawls. 

          TRACK LISTING

          Side A
          A1 Drive-By-Buddy
          A2 Smiling
          A3 Make You Mine
          A4 Funny
          A5 Dorner Party
          A6 Justice After All
          Side B
          B1 Boys In The Wood
          B2 Waiting
          B3 Do The Vibrate
          B4 I Don't Wanna Go Home
          B5 Dandelion Dust
          B6 Dog Years

          Black Lips

          Satan's Graffitti Or God's Art - 2023 Reissue

            Part of a series of Fire re-issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. This 2017 record features a musically evolved Black Lips, who still stay true to their original blistering take on fuzzy, dirty rock n' roll. God’s Art or Satan’s Graffiti features guest contributions from Yoko Ono was produced by Sean Lennon throughout 2016. During the recording, the band isolated themselves from the outside world, infusing the album with a focused liveliness similar to the spirit that brought them together in the first place. On Satan's graffiti or God's art? founding members Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley teamed with former guitarist Jack Hines (who played in the group from 2002-2004) and additions Oakley Munson on drums and Zumi Rosow on saxophone. A sonically captivating document that is as creatively unhinged as it is precisely executed, one of the rawest and most expansive albums in the band's storied history.

            TRACK LISTING

            Side A
            A1 Overture: Sunday Morning
            A2 Occidental Front
            A3 Can't Hold On
            A4 The Last Cul De Sac
            Side B
            B1 Interlude: Got Me All Alone
            B2 Crystal Night
            B3 Squatting In Heaven
            B4 Interlude: Bongo's Baby
            B5 Rebel Intuition
            Side C
            C1 Wayne
            C2 Interlude: E’lektric Spider Webz
            C3 We Know
            C4 In My Mind There's A Dream
            Side D
            D1 Lucid Nightmare
            D2 Come Ride With Me
            D3 It Won't Be Long
            D4 Loser's Lament
            D5 Finale: Sunday Morning

            Black Lips

            Arabia Mountain - 2023 Reissue

              Sixth full-length album from the gurus of Atlanta’s “flower punk” movement, from the heady daze of 2011 – finally back on vinyl and part of a series of Fire re-issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. Arabia Mountain was recorded between Brooklyn and Atlanta in 2010, and with the collaborative assistance of celebrated producer Mark Ronson, Lockett Pundt of Deerhunter, and a human skull with a microphone jammed into it. “I was already a fan of the Black Lips coming into it and I definitely didn’t want to f**k up anything,” Ronson told Rolling Stone…and f**k up he did not. The production tests the limits of modern amplification, harkening to the full, meaty sound of The Stooges’ Fun House or Lola Versus Powerman by the Kinks. Unapologetic southern-fried twang, crunching through the gears with flowers blossoming everywhere. 

              TRACK LISTING

              Side A
              A1 Family Tree
              A2 Modern Art
              A3 Spidey's Curse
              A4 Mad Dog
              A5 Mr. Driver
              A6 Bicentennial Man
              A7 Go Out And Get It
              A8 Raw Meat
              Side B
              B1 Bone Marrow
              B2 The Lie
              B3 Time
              B4 Dumpster Dive
              B5 New Direction
              B6 Noc-A-Homa
              B7 Don't Mess Up My Baby
              B8 You Keep On Running 

              Black Lips

              200 Million Thousand - 2023 Reissue

                The follow up to the widely successful ‘Good Bad Not Evil’, the 2009 album is a perfect amalgam of their high-end live shows and subculture songwriting, meshed tightly to the Lips’ distinctive howl. Finally back on vinyl and part of a series of Fire re-issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. Rolling Stone, Spin, Filter, Magnet, Stop Smiling, The Fader, Anthem, Paste, and The NY Times-approved garage rock veterans’ trashy psyche pop gem. Unapologetic southern-fried twang, crunching through the gears in a haze of psychedelia. 

                TRACK LISTING

                Side A
                A1 Take My Heart
                A2 Drugs
                A3 Starting Over
                A4 Let It Grow
                A5 Trapped In A Basement
                A6 Short Fuse
                A7 I'll Be With You
                Side B
                B1 Big Black Baby Jesus Of Today
                B2 Again & Again
                B3 Old Man
                B4 The Drop I Hold
                B5 Body Combat
                B6 Elijah
                B7 I Saw God 

                Black Lips

                Let It Bloom - 2023 Reissue

                  The classic third album from the Black Lips, originally released in 2005 and now back on vinyl and part of a series of Fire re-issues celebrating 20 years of the legendary garage rock gurus from Atlanta, Georgia. 16 tracks of grimy and chaotic punk, scuzzy and raw, and catchy as hell.

                  “Their strongest effort to date.” All Music
                  "The band at their trashy best; more melodic but every bit as psychotic. If The Royal Trux had listened to the Troggs instead of the Rolling Stones, they might have recorded this album. This baby is a masterpiece. Unapologetic southern-fried twang, crunching through the gears in a blitz of grimy bravado. Their music twitches with an engaging, wired vigour." ★★★★ Uncut. 

                  TRACK LISTING

                  Side A
                  A1 Sea Of Blasphemy
                  A2 Can't Dance
                  A3 Boomerang
                  A4 Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
                  A5 Not A Problem
                  A6 Gung Ho
                  A7 Everybody's Doin' It
                  A8 Feeling Gay
                  Side B
                  B1 Take Me Home (Back To Boone)
                  B2 Gentle Violence
                  B3 She's Gone
                  B4 Fairy Stories
                  B5 Dirty Hands
                  B6 Workin'
                  B7 Punk Slime
                  B8 Empassant

                  Black Lips

                  Good Bad Not Evil - 2022 Reissue

                    Bending scuzzy boundaries, ‘Good Bad Not Evil’ is a coming-of-age garage rock classic record. Full of hedonistic delinquent anthems, the fourth studio album from Atlanta punks Black Lips reaches it’s 15 year anniversary. This deluxe edition includes unearthed photos and new liner notes from Jared Swilley and King Khan. The second disc features B-sides and rarities including ‘Cruising’, ‘I Wanna Dance With You’ and ‘Leroy Faster’. ‘Good Bad Not Evil’ perfectly encapsulates the disillusionment of the mid-00s America, slammed between warehouse parties, DIY generator shows and scattered party pics, which was recorded in a little house in Atlanta that had been converted into a studio called the Living Room. Referencing Shangri-Las in the title, this is where their knack for garage gems met Motown; with bass heavy grooves (later remixed by Diplo), a certified country twang and unabashed bravado. Instant hits like ‘Veni Vidi Vici’, ‘Cold Hands’, ‘Bad Kids’ and ‘O Katrina!’ immediately became Black Lips staples. This was a band caught in the eye of the storm, the touring continued, the parties didn’t stop, this was a band bending the scuzzy boundaries of their chosen genre. The record was hailed by the likes of Pitchfork, who proclaimed, “Black Lips are a go-to band for vintage lo-fi freaks, and their raucous live shows have helped them cross over outside of crusty dive bars. ‘Good Bad Not Evil’, however, is the record where naysayers, disinterested friends and acquaintances, people on the street, and anyone else within earshot has to sit up, shut up, and listen.” …and, shut up and listen they did.

                    Black Lips

                    Apocalypse Love

                      The Black Lips return with their 10th studio effort ‘Apocalypse Love’, scorched with their trademark menace, it cryogenically mutates all recognised musical bases; it spins yarns about vintage Soviet synths, Benzedrine stupors, coup de’ tats, stolen valor and certified destruction, all set against a black setting sun. Since the turn of the decade the band have transformed from austere country pioneers, into a set of Lynchian surrealists, hellbent on recalibrating the history of rock ‘n’ roll. Singer and saxophonist Zumi Rosow muses, “It’s a weird dance record, one that reflects the moment that the world’s in right now…”

                      ‘Apocalypse Love’ is an album that emanates from a dive bar jukebox in the back of your mind; with a playlist that bends between tub thumping doom-glam, Plastic Ono singalongs, cocktail-shaken space age pop, Morricone reverberations and lo-fi outsider acoustic-punk, with mariachi horns, theremins, drum machines and harmonies filtering through the infectious melodies. Stand-out number ‘Among The Dunes’ is an amorphous platform-heeled anthem, a signature sax-fuelled stomper filled with trippy swagger. While opener ‘No Rave’ proffers a hypnotic locked groove, with Cole Alexander’s trademark snarl delivered over a sulphurous wall of distorted hedonism, a dystopian anthem for an apocalyptic manifesto. Meanwhile, the twisted exotica of ‘Whips Of Holly’ with its silver screen façade is like the soundtrack to a classic Theda Bara vamp-fest. As the band venture into their third decade, ‘Apocalypse Love’ is proof that The Black Lips show no sign of slowing down…

                      STAFF COMMENTS

                      Liam says: 10th album from Atlanta outfit Black Lips, 'Apocalypse Love' is a self-proclaimed "weird dance record" - and I'm inclined to agree. It's scuzzy, twisted and has a strange but also sincere innocence to it - like a school disco in the Red Room from Twin Peaks.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      A1. No Rave
                      A2. Love Has Won
                      A3. Stolen Valor
                      A4. Lost Angel
                      A5. Whips Of Holly
                      A6. Apocalypse Love
                      A7. Operation Angela.
                      B1. Crying On A Plane
                      B2. Sharing My Cream
                      B3. Among The Dunes
                      B4. Tongue Tied
                      B5. Antiaris Toxicaria
                      B6. The Concubine 

                      “What Black Lips do so well is tease the horror out of wholesomeness and recast golden-age rock’n’roll in a strange, discomforting light” Pitchfork.

                      “Cosmic country that comes strutting off a dusty back porch with gritted teeth” Consequence Of Sound.

                      It’s country music but not as we know it which begs the question: Have these Bad Kids of 21st Century rock ’n’ roll finally grown up on their ninth studio album? Are they at peace with themselves? Have they made a record their parents could listen to? The Black Lips new album ‘Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart’ continues to flick the middle finger to one and all. This ain’t another gaggle of bearded southern sons fleeing their collective suburban upbringings and collegiate music education. There aren’t the usual clichés about drinking, honkytonks, and heartbreak. These are, after all, the same Black Lips who rescued the waning garage punk subgenre by not sounding or dressing their musical predecessors. They also dug contemporary hip-hop and punk and actualized themselves Like so many dramatic moments in the Black Lips career, ‘Sing In A World That’s Falling Apart’ was born out of crisis. The band’s stylistic evolution through decades of prolific touring and recording took them where no garage punk band had gone before - huge venues, network television shows, and major music festivals. Here Black Lips are at their grimiest, most dangerous and equipped with the best collection of songs since the aughts. Skidding onto the asphalt in a shower of sparks, they roll on with an unapologetic southern-fried twang, pacing the beast, every now and then dropping a psycho howl into the rubber room madness lurking underneath the truckstop fireworks. This ain’t your granny’s country album. And conversely this ain’t your mama’s Black Lips.

                      STAFF COMMENTS

                      Barry says: Just as the thigh-slapping hoedown starts, it fades away into rich psychy rock and swinging blues riffage. Black lips have always been one of the most distinctive bands that start with 'Black___' (of which there are A LOT), and 'In A World That's Falling Apart' provides a feelgood alternative to that exact scenario. Turn it up and don't stress. Black Lips got this.

                      TRACK LISTING

                      1. Hooker Jon
                      2. Chainsaw
                      3. Rumbler
                      4. Holding Me Holding You
                      5. Gentleman
                      6. Get It On Time
                      7. Angola Rodeo
                      8. Georgia
                      9. Odelia
                      10. Dishonest Man
                      11. Locust
                      12. Live Fast Die Slow

                      Black Lips

                      Satan's Graffiti Or God's Art?

                        Atlanta’s valiant punks Black Lips release their first album in three years, Satan’s graffiti or God’s art?, on Vice Records. Produced by Sean Lennon at his studio compound in upstate New York throughout 2016, the album is the group’s most musically evolved to date, while still staying true to their original blistering take on fuzzy, dirty rock n roll.

                        TRACK LISTING

                        01 Overture: Sunday Mourning
                        02 Occidental Front
                        03 Can’t Hold On
                        04 The Last Cul De Sac
                        05 Interlude: Got Me All Alone
                        06 Crystal Night
                        07 Squatting In Heaven
                        08 Interlude: Bongo’s Baby
                        09 Rebel Intuition
                        10 Wayne
                        11 Interlude: E’lektric Spider Webz
                        12 We Know
                        13 In My Mind There's A Dream
                        14 Lucid Nightmare
                        15 Come Ride With Me
                        16 It Won't Be Long
                        17 Loser’s Lament
                        18 Finale: Sunday Mourning

                        Black Lips

                        We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow

                          The Black Lips take "Back From The Grave" style garage punk frenzy to such extremes of slavering cacophony that they border on experimental noise rock at times. This is their fabulous second album from 2004.


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