- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Release Date: Jun 26, 2012
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Jul 31, 2012[The album is] a reminder of musically, just what a great band the Flips themselves actually are.
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Jul 30, 2012This is actually one of the Lips' more coherent efforts, despite its wild diversity and devil-may-care attitude.
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Jul 30, 2012One day, maybe the Lips will play nice again. Until then, they and their Fwends have given us plenty to get our heads around.
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Jul 23, 2012It's a captivating mix of material, yet hangs together well and has a surprisingly easy flow.
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Jul 5, 2012As it stands, it's still quite a special document and points a direction for the possibilities of a collaborative record when serious creativity comes to the fore.
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Jul 5, 2012Anticipation has been high for the album's official release, and Heady Fwends doesn't disappoint.
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Jun 28, 2012Heady Fwends, rather inexplicably, plays much like a proper follow-up to their 2009 mindfuck Embryonic, and their ability not only to bring a project like this together at all, but to make it work so cohesively and effectively, is as strong a testament as any to their genius.
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Jun 27, 2012The stunning cover is the most beautiful and cohesive on what is an otherwise (understandably) uneven collection which, while definitely appealing to hardcore fans, might be a bit too out there for casual listeners.
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Jun 27, 2012It may all cohere together, but it doesn't all work.
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Jun 25, 2012It all adds up to a deeply deranged and intermittently great listen, and serves as a decent stopgap 'til the band's next album proper.
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Jun 22, 2012For sheer frazzled sonics and sci-fi future textures, Heady Fwends can't be beat. Actual songs are few and far between, and anyone looking for heart-stopping melodies will be disappointed. But if you're in the mood for a 70-minute aural assault, listen no further.
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UncutJun 1, 2012A terrific package. [Jul 2012, p.71]
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May 30, 2012It works more often then it doesn't, but when digested as a whole, it's hard to think of an album released this year that is as wall-to-wall memorable as The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, flaws and all.
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May 30, 2012The triumph of Heady Fwends lies the way it sands off the rough edges off 2011's excess and whittles an honest, enjoyable set out of the mire while coaxing a wealth of unexpected voices into the fray without losing its way.
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May 30, 2012Their [the guest artists'] fresh influx of ideas on The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends creates new flavor profiles for the band's loopy psychedelic slurry.
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May 30, 2012What at first seems rather silly actually proves to be quite purposeful.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 4 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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