MUSIC NEWS - For nearly 20 years, THE FLAMING LIPS has remained one of the world's most influential experimental creative forces in rock music. Their new releases have been welcomed with anticipation and embraced by critics and their loyal, ever-growing/ evolving fan mass alike. So, it's with great pleasure that The Flaming Lips announced their brand new double-album entitled, EMBRYONIC, (releasing later this year, actual date tbd). The new album will mark their first full studio set in three years following their Grammy Award-winning AT WAR WITH THE MYSTICS (buy a copy thru MNN below). EMBRYONIC, THE LIPS' 12th album, was recorded in Fredonia, NY and Oklahoma City, OK, with studio whiz and general co-conspirator Dave Fridmann and just may be their most sonically adventurous and compositionally vernal form of musical expression ever.

They've also confirmed their Summer 2009 US tour dates! And, THE LIPS are so appreciative of their die-hard touring fan base that they're giving them a sneak peek at the new album. With every concert ticket bought online, fans will receive a digital EP allowing them to hear new LIPS music before anyone else. The EP will be comprised of three brand new recordings from EMBRYONIC: "Convinced Of The Hex," "The Impulse," and "Silver Trembling Hands," followed by three additional rare B-side tracks selected by the band themselves. That same ticket buyer will also receive an official live LIPS' digital download bootleg of the show they attend.

You wonder how they'll do it? Well, each fan who buys a ticket will receive a special code that allows them to get their music from THE FLAMING LIPS website: FlamingLips.com . Supporting on all dates is their Oklahoma City brethren, STARDEATH AND WHITE DWARFS. Their album debut, THE BIRTH, (buy a copy below thru MNN) is available and frying minds now. Check out: StarDeathandWhiteDwarfs.com for more goodness. See the tour itinerary below,

UPDATE 8/13/09 - We now proudly have the cover art for the new

EMBRYONIC album-

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