“The Peace Sword EP originated as another one of the Flaming Lips’ one-off larks: they were asked to contribute to the soundtrack of the upcoming science-fiction epic Ender’s Game. *Peace Sword—much like Ender's Game itself—*is thus a proverbial fight test, a space where the Lips’ light and dark energies square off in battle, sometimes within the same song.”
“This six-song EP sounds like a warm cocoon shedding itself. The title track – a very Lips-ish slice of made-of-stars melody and Wayne Coyne’s voice multitracked to infinity – was written for the film version of the classic science-fiction novel Ender’s Game. But since no prog act worth its stash turns down a chance to be inspired by sci-fi, the Lips secreted five more clouds – tunes “inspired by” ”
