The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Companion (Vinyl) Format:CD This 30th anniversary edition presents

This 30th anniversary edition presents both the stereo and mono versions (and there are substantial differences) of the melancholic

but the concluding track "Hope" follows it with a life-affirming

at times riding the knife edge of controlled chaos that Roughan has made his hallmark

"the Sermon on the Mount of English punk

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Companion (Vinyl) Format:CD This 30th anniversary edition presents"Suggesting influences like The Velvet Underground, Nick Drake and maybe even Stereolab (though The Clean has always wielded the same sort of rolling keyboard trickery), it's a more grown up affair that floats off kilter melodies and tiny, tensile guitar in a slower, softer swirl of cloudy organ lines and spacey electric piano textures" Trouser Press Track List 1 Starting Point 2 Outside The Cage 3 Linger Longer 4 Wake Up In The Morning 5 2 Reasons 6