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Playing Hide and Seek With the Ghosts of Dawn
Rock · 2012 · 5 tracks

Playing Hide and Seek With the Ghosts of Dawn

The Flaming Lips

A distorted, lo-fi reimagining of King Crimson's debut. Blown-out fuzz and cavernous reverb turn prog-rock foundations into a haunting, industrial psychedelic haze.

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It's King Crimson's debut if it was recorded in a haunted basement during a power surge.

A claustrophobic and abrasive descent into the darker corners of classic progressive rock.

Playing Hide and Seek With the Ghosts of Dawn · vs · The Flaming Lips
Eerie+2.4σ

Eerie saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 5 Tracks
01
21st Century Schizoid Man
02
I Talk to the Wind
03
Epitaph
04
Moonchild
05
The Court of the Crimson King
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden transition from the abrasive, industrial crunch of the opener into the fragile, flute-led haze of track two.
The way the drums on track five sound like they are being played in a massive, empty warehouse.
The terrifying, high-pitched synth squeals that punctuate the middle of the third track.
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