“Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin. Once upon a time there was a giant king baby who, when he grew up, unexpectedly had the whole of outer space, the aurora borealis and the thunderstorms from the south get sucked into his giant head. All while single-handedly holding back an avalanche threatening to destroy his kingdom he’s killed – only for his severed head, when dipped in steel, to l”
“In 1985, The Clash recorded its last album, an embarrassing and irredeemably noxious dud known as Cut the Crap. Five thousand miles away, a young group of Oklahoma freaks was recording its first: a loud, gleeful, acid-damaged racket by the name of Hear It Is. The two bands seemed drastically apart in both geography and circumstance: one disintegrating despite numerous Top 40 hits three years prior”
“If The Flaming Lips weren’t going to release an album best listened to inside an immersive art installation of a giant metal head – complete with LED lightshow inside its foam mouth – I’m not sure who else would’ve assumed that oddball responsibility. Initially released as a limited-edition, vinyl-only release for Record Store Day, King’s Mouth is alive with all of the psychedelic irreverence, sc”
