http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/30/the-hex-is-lifted-the-flaming-lips-embryonic-by-aaron-matthews/ Even when I was wrong, I got my point across. Thu, 24 May 2012 21:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/30/the-hex-is-lifted-the-flaming-lips-embryonic-by-aaron-matthews/#comment-171902 Passion of the Weiss » Blog Archive » The 50 Best Albums of 2009 (#50-26) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:39:01 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/30/the-hex-is-lifted-the-flaming-lips-embryonic-by-aaron-matthews/#comment-171902 [...] Embryonic is a song suite with no beginning or end, sprawling towards the stars in all directions. The clean, expansive immediacy of Bulletin and Yoshimi produced incredible music, but the elemental power of songs like “Watching The Planets” is a necessary remedy to the band’s previous excesses. Embryonic’s dense, visceral weirdness is bracing and fitting, the sound of 2009’s media overload summarized in two discs of brain-expanding material. If this had come out when I was in high school, I would have tried weed a lot sooner. –Aaron Matthews  (See Full Review) [...] [...] Embryonic is a song suite with no beginning or end, sprawling towards the stars in all directions. The clean, expansive immediacy of Bulletin and Yoshimi produced incredible music, but the elemental power of songs like “Watching The Planets” is a necessary remedy to the band’s previous excesses. Embryonic’s dense, visceral weirdness is bracing and fitting, the sound of 2009’s media overload summarized in two discs of brain-expanding material. If this had come out when I was in high school, I would have tried weed a lot sooner. –Aaron Matthews  (See Full Review) [...]

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/30/the-hex-is-lifted-the-flaming-lips-embryonic-by-aaron-matthews/#comment-149359 AaronM Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:26:36 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/30/the-hex-is-lifted-the-flaming-lips-embryonic-by-aaron-matthews/#comment-149359 That's just the editing that made it look like that. I bought "The Soft Bulletin" first because it was on sale - ah, the days of actually buying CDs. That’s just the editing that made it look like that. I bought “The Soft Bulletin” first because it was on sale – ah, the days of actually buying CDs.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/30/the-hex-is-lifted-the-flaming-lips-embryonic-by-aaron-matthews/#comment-149318 Disco Vietnam Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:30:54 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/10/30/the-hex-is-lifted-the-flaming-lips-embryonic-by-aaron-matthews/#comment-149318 Do You Realize is on Yoshimi Do You Realize is on Yoshimi

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