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The band seemed fully immersed…lost in their own music! What a set! Brilliant set – had us glued to this performance. It’s like a soundtrack from a Quentin Tarantino film.Ī deliciously atmospheric, real all American sound, totally different to anything British. I’m getting real Twin Peaks feels – it’s glorious, it’s familiar…think Chris Izaac. Erika explains she wrote some out in the west Texan desert and you can feel this inspiration, that singsong, southern drawl, sung with a real American accent which adds even more to the atmospheric feels. With that huskiness in her voice, that delightful crackle, it’s really atmospheric and the instruments dramatically cement that sound and feel. It’s guitar driven, spectacular instrumentals, classic rock, then blues sounding, all with clever drum beats at the heart. A very diverse sound, the stripped back acoustics have a Suzanne Vega feel to them (not in voice but in style) but other tracks have rich textures, multi layering, shimmering country feels.

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Its full on, it’s really quite something. Once the full band begin to join in, slowly at first, in lapping waves, then suddenly a crashing tidal wave of country rock and a real Americana feel engulfs us. Her voice is strong, definite, very individual…a huskiness… and the lyrics are powerful and captivating. Tarting off acoustically, with front woman Erika strumming her guitar and singing, it feels very folk.

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Not to be sniffed at, this band have toured with the likes of Wolf Mother and have had tracks used in numerous TV shows including ‘Friday night lights’ and ‘Suits’…upon hearing them I can see why so many shows use their music…it’s so evocative and atmospheric. Hailing originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, now firmly based in Houston, Texas, there’s a rich mixture of sounds and genres from Heartless Bastards. The stage, I’m guessing, isn’t sizeable enough for the usual Flaming Lips spectacular we’ve seen at the likes of Glastonbury, but I know it’s gonna be a no holds barred extravaganza anyway – although as we arrive at the barrier we’ve spotted huge bags full of canvas inflatables in the photo pit, so maybe it’s full effect after all? Either way we’re really looking forward to that famous neon, luminescent experience…and the lighting around this stage is something to behold!Įrika Wennerstrom, Dave Colvin, Jesse Ebagh, Mark Nathan Liverpool 02 Academy is a great live music venue, small enough, but big enough, attracting huge names from both the UK and globally. This is to be no run of the mill performance. The Liverpool 02 Academy is a short stroll from Lime Street station and once we arrive we find there’s one massive queue! This American alt rock/prog rock/psych act sure have some following! It’s to be one hell of a show, the reputation for showmanship, epic production and a visual feast precedes them. A sunshine filled Liverpool is vibrant, it’s a stunning city and the perfect setting for such a high vibrational band as we’re going to see tonight. I’m looking forward to the spectrum of light, colours and sounds that the Flaming Lips are.

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‘It’s A Visual And Musical Spectacular Of Luminous Expression’Īs the sun streams in through the windows of my train carriage on my way into Liverpool, I’m thinking about my night ahead. They were placed on Q magazine's list of the '50 Bands to See Before You Die' in 2002.WORDS BY JANET HARDING / IMAGES WARREN MILLAR

The group has won three Grammy Awards, including two for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. In February 2007, they were nominated for a BRIT Award for 'Best International Act'. They later released The Soft Bulletin (1999), which was NME magazine's Album of the Year, followed by the critically acclaimed Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002). Their 1993 album Transmissions from the Satellite Heart included the hit single 'She Don't Use Jelly' which broke the band into the mainstream. After signing to Warner Brothers, they released their first record with Warner, Hit to Death in the Future Head (1992). The group recorded several albums and EPs on an indie label, Restless, in the 1980s and early 1990s. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, vocals), Derek Brown (keyboards, guitars, percussion), Matt Duckworth Kirksey (drums, percussion, keyboards) and Nicholas Ley (percussion, drums). The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.