Update: It’s an April Fools joke.
Remember that one guy in high school who took way too much acid and redefined “weird,” in a way that made people wonder if he’d lost it completely or was actually a mad genius? Yeah, that guy grew up to be Wayne Coyne, frontman for The Flaming Lips. The space-tripper psychedelic freakout masters have returned with a continuation of their excavation of the Pink Floyd universe, called Flaming Side of The Moon.
Designed as an immersive companion piece to Floyd’s original 1973 album Dark Side of The Moon, listeners are encouraged to listen to the new Lips album while listening to Dark Side at the same time. Yep, we’re going full Wizard of Oz urban myth on this bitch. While we’re at it, Flaming Side of The Moon was also carefully crafted to sync up perfectly with the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. For ideal listening conditions, fans are encouraged to seek out the original Alan Parsons’ engineered quadraphonic LP mix of Dark Side, but it will work with the album on any format. Especially if you’re rrrrrrrreallly high.
Stream the record below, and for giggles try to sync it up with a Dark Side x Oz YouTube, below.
