The Flaming Lips have hit the studio with producer Dave Fridmann to record material for their next Warner Bros. album. According to the group’s official Web site, the songs “Space Bible” and “Mr. Ambulance Driver” have already been completed. The Lips plan to return to Fridmann’s Tarbox Road studio at least once more before a previously planned September session.
Other tracks that have been put to tape in recent visits include a contribution for the “Spongebob Squarepants” movie soundtrack, due in November; a cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Go” with Sparklehorse for a Johnston tribute album; and “Vaginal Holocaust,” earmarked for the Lips’ long-incubating holiday movie “Christmas on Mars.” That film may finally see the light of day by the end of the year.
