Karen O On Flaming Lips Album

06/30/09 11:34am

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Flaming Lips' Embryonic, their upcoming double album, will feature guest appearances from MGMT and Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O.

Embryonic still does not have a release date, but The Flaming Lips have said it will most likely come out in September. Drummer Steven Drozd recently told Billboard.com its music sounds a lot like Joy Division and Miles Davis.

"We have MGMT doing a song with us and we have Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs doing a couple songs with us," singer/guitarist Wayne Coyne told Swiss website Die Klangschau. "For the Karen O tracks, I just called her up in her hotel room and we just did it right over the telephone. It's pretty absurd."

But those aren't the only guest contributions on Embryonic. The disc will also feature a mathematician. Seriously.

"We have this weird mathematician guy from Germany doing some spoken words stuff on the record," Coyne said.

The Flaming Lips have announced their first string of tour dates in support of the record. There aren't any Canadian dates on the agenda just yet, but for now you can see them here:

July 19 Chicago, IL @ Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival)
July 26 Byron Bay, Australia @ Belongil Fields (Splendour In The Grass)
July 28 Sydney, Australia @ Hordern Pavilion at Moore Park
July 29 Melbourne, Australia @ Festival Hall
Aug. 7 Osaka, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
Aug. 9 Tokyo, Japan @ Summer Sonic Festival
Aug. 15 San Diego, CA @ Del Mar Race Track
Aug. 17 Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
Aug. 18 Pomona, CA @ Pomona Fox Theater
Aug. 20 Portland, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheatre
Aug. 21 Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Amphitheatre
Aug. 23 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Aug. 26 Atlanta, GA @ Chastain Park Amphitheater
Aug. 28 Bristow, VA @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Aug. 29 Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier at Penn's Landing
Aug. 30 Boston, MA @ Bank Of America Pavilion
Sept. 4 Barcelona, Spain @ Estadi Olimpic De Montjuic w/Coldplay
Sept. 6 Stradbally, Ireland @ Stradbally Hall (Electric Picnic)
Sept. 7 Paris, France @ Parc Des Princes w/Coldplay
Sept. 9 Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Goffertpark w/Coldplay
Sept. 13 Monticello, NY @ Kutschers Country Club (All Tomorrow's Parties New York)
Nov. 1 New Orleans, LA @ City Park (Voodoo Fest)