On Sunday, the Flaming Lips released Flaming Side of the Moon, which they billed as a companion album to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Now, it seems to have been an early April Fools' Day joke, or prank, or something, produced in conjunction with Funny Or Die. The Soundcloud stream does in fact loosely sync up with Dark Side of the Moon, which means that the release makes at least as much sense as any one of the Flaming Lips' endless string of wacky stunts. But this one comes with a meta concept.

The premise is that the Flaming Lips are now "selling out". Which would be a good joke... if the Flaming Lips hadn't been fully embracing "selling out" for years now.

Funny or Die has also posted a fake ad for Flaming Lips cereal "Flames and Lips" ("includes 11 essential vitamins and minerals AND DRUGS ;)), as well as "I'm All In", an essay credited to Wayne Coyne that makes fun of Alec Baldwin's recent New York magazine confessional "Good-bye, Public Life". He writes, "I, Wayne Coyne, do hereby announce that I am retiring from indie life. I am ready to fully embrace the mainstream. I’m ready to go all in."

They've also produced a series of videos.

First, the Flaming Lips sell out. (There's a Pitchfork jab, but we won't give it away):

Then, they hire Michael Bay to direct an adaptation of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots:

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Followed by Fred Armisen joining the band to replace Wayne Coyne as singer:

Which culminates in the recording of Flaming Side of the Moon:

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