THE FLAMING LIPS

Hypnotist RHINO

JMN

Four rare Yoshimi-era tracks make it onto a vinyl EP. Working with Miley Cyrus; coveringThe Dark Side Of The Moon; releasing countless boundary-pushing LPs and their own sci-fi B-movie, Christmas On Mars: Oklahoma’s lysergic voyagers The Flaming Lips zig while others zag, making them impossible to second-guess. It would take deep pockets to buy all of their wares and this pink vinyl curio has a slight ‘for completists only’ vibe about it, but The Lips’ relentless capacity for re-tooling their past while forging ahead has to be admired. Hypnotist features four tracks that originally appeared on a bonus CD in the expanded 20th-anniversary reissue of 2002’s Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. More than three-quarters of its length is taken up by 23-minute head-trip Psychedelic Hypnotist Daydream. A part-symphonic sound collage…

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