At War With the MysticsThe Flaming Lips · 2006

pitchfork

6.7

“Indie legends' first new album in four years-- widely tipped to be the group's return to a more guitar-centric sound-- is stylistically diverse and colored by distant, queasy prodcution.”

rollingstone

6.0

“Last time out, these unlikely psych-rock heroes strung together gurgling electronics, widescreen space funk and cushy soft stuff for a song suite about evil robots. With producer Dave Fridmann again in tow, their eleventh full-length album draws on many of the same sounds but feels almost homespun, with more diffuse songs that eschew sci-fi glory […]”