The Flaming Lips wouldn’t be the first band you’d expect to make music inspired by the upcoming film Enders Game, but the Orson Scott Card novel is beloved by many, so it shouldn’t be a huge surprise.
They wrote a song called “Assassin Beetle – The Dream Is Ending”, which then inspired them to continue on, leaving them with an EPs worth of material. They created six songs in total, which ended up as the Peace Sword EP. It’s out October 29 digitally, and then on November 29 as a part of Record Store Day (Back To Black Friday).
“Assassin Beetle – The Dream Is Ending” is very good sludge-psych rock that you’d come to expect from The Flaming Lips. You can check it out below. You can also find my photos from their show at Terminal 5 from earlier this month right here.
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