The Flaming Lips Reveal a Album The Teardrop Throbs
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The Flaming Lips have announced *The Teardrop Throbs*, their first new album in seven years, due on 22 January. It is their debut for Third Man Records and marks a change in the band’s line-up, as multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd is no longer a member.
The 13-track album includes the single “God Will Control the Werewolves” and “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell Part Two”, a follow-up to a song from *Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots*. The band co-produced the record with Taylor Johnson, Dave Fridmann and Scott Booker, with additional production by Jon and Mike Fridmann. They plan intimate shows in Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and London after its release.
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In short
- The Flaming Lips return with their first album in seven years.
- *The Teardrop Throbs* arrives on 22 January.
- The 13 tracks include a sequel to “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell”.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago The Flaming Lips have announced *The Teardrop Throbs*, their first new album in seven years, due on 22 January. It is their debut for Third Man Records and marks a change in the band’s line-up, as multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd is no longer a member.
Full account
The Flaming Lips have announced The Teardrop Throbs, their 17th studio album and first collection of new material since 2020’s American Head. It is due on 22 January 2027 and will be their debut release for Third Man Records, the label associated with Jack White. The announcement is accompanied by the lead single, “God Will Control the Werewolves”.
Frontman Wayne Coyne has linked the single to a family moment: his sons Bloom and Rex were playing hide-and-seek during a full moon, and Bloom asked whether werewolves might find them. Coyne told him that God would keep the werewolves at bay while they played. He has described the song’s imagined sound as resembling Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon with Syd Barrett still in the group. The album’s themes, as outlined in Coyne’s lengthy statement, range from fatherhood and mortality to surreal details of everyday life and classic cinema.
The record follows a period of change in the band’s line-up. Reports describe it as the first Flaming Lips album without multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd, who had been with the group since 1991; one also notes the departures of Michael Ivins and Drozd. Accounts of Drozd’s exit differ: he has said a personal crisis led him to step back from touring, and that he and Coyne disagreed about his future role, while Coyne disputed Drozd’s account in a social media post. The album is credited as produced by the band, Dave Fridmann, Taylor Johnson and Scott Booker, with one report also crediting additional production by Jon and Mike Fridmann.
The band plan two intimate performances in each of five cities: Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and London, with the London dates set for 2 and 3 April. The shows are described as having different programmes: one pairs the new album with songs from 1986–1999, while the other features reworked versions of the album and music from 2002–2020. The announced track list includes “God Will Control the Werewolves” and “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell Part Two”, a new counterpart to a song from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. Tickets are scheduled to go on general sale on 30 October, following presales on 28 and 29 October.
Outlets differ in how they describe the gap since the previous album: one calls it six years, while the others say nearly seven or seven years. They also vary in the level of detail about the tour: one gives the two broad programme descriptions, another specifies the year ranges and ticketing channels, and another lists the dates without explaining the set formats. Coverage of the line-up change also varies, with some focusing on Drozd and another mentioning Ivins as well. The supplied reports do not include source URLs, so none are listed here.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The interval since American Head is given as six years, nearly seven years, or seven years.
One report says the album is the first since the departures of both Michael Ivins and Steven Drozd; the others focus on Drozd.
The tour descriptions vary in detail: two distinct set formats are reported, with one outlet specifying the eras covered and another giving broader descriptions.
Sources give different presale arrangements and ticketing platforms.
Explained simply
The Flaming Lips are an American rock band formed in Oklahoma in the 1980s, known for experimental music and elaborate live shows. Singer Wayne Coyne has long been the group’s public face, while multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd played a major role in its sound for many years.
The band reached a wider audience with albums including *The Soft Bulletin* and *Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots*. Third Man Records, the label releasing the new album, was founded by musician Jack White and is based in Nashville.