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At War With the Mystics
Rock · 2006 · 12 tracks

At War With the Mystics

The Flaming Lips

A maximalist collision of heavy guitar fuzz, funk-inflected grooves, and cosmic wonder. The Flaming Lips trade symphonic pop for a grit-flecked psychedelic rebellion.

April 3, 2006 · Warner Bros. Records

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A vibrant collision of playful absurdity and serious existential inquiry wrapped in heavy psychedelic fuzz.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)
4:51
02
Free Radicals
3:42
03
The Sound of Failure / It’s Dark… Is It Always This Dark??
7:18
04
My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion (The Inner Life as Blazing Shield of Defiance and Optimism as Celestial Spear of Action)
4:51
05
Vein of Stars
4:15
06
The Wizard Turns On… The Giant Silver Flashlight and Puts on His Werewolf Moccasins
3:41
07
It Overtakes Me / The Stars Are So Big… I Am So Small… Do I Stand a Chance?
6:51
08
Mr. Ambulance Driver
4:21
09
Haven’t Got a Clue
3:26
10
The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)
3:43
11
Pompeii am Götterdämmerung
4:22
12
Goin’ On
3:40
Moments Worth Listening For
The explosive transition from the acoustic intro to the heavy, fuzzed-out groove of The W.A.N.D.
The way the drums in Free Radicals mimic a Prince-style funk beat but filtered through a distorted psychedelic lens.
The haunting, slow-build orchestral swell that anchors the climax of Pompeii am Götterdämmerung.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does At War With the Mystics sound next to the rest of The Flaming Lips's catalogue?

Falsetto+1.8σ

The vocals lean notably further into falsetto than the rest of the catalogue.

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