The album will be released as a limited edition 2 LP Zoetrope picture disc this fall
The Flaming Lips will celebrate 25 years of their seminal 1999 album, The Soft Bulletin, with a new The Soft Bulletin 25th Anniversary Vinyl out September 6th via Warner/Rhino Records. It will be available in limited edition 2 LP vinyl with stunning Zoetrope designs notably co-created by Drew Tetz and band frontman Wayne Coyne. Plus, it boasts new sleeve artwork and an insert with text penned by Coyne.
Recently, Coyne took to Instagram to quietly tease this moment and share candid memories of The Soft Bulletin. Specifically, he reminisced about the finale “Sleeping On The Roof.” He revealed, “This little piece of music encapsulates the theme of The Soft Bulletin… It’s bleak and resigned but also comforting… it somehow is hopeless and hopeful at the same time..”
The Flaming Lips first unveiled The Soft Bulletin on May 17, 1999. Anchored by staples such as “Race for the Prize,” “Waitin’ for a Superman,” and “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate,” it earned some of the highest critical praise of the band’s career.
The group will continue to tour throughout 2024. These shows once again see the band deliver a full performance of their 2002 groundbreaking, gold-certified Warner Records album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in its entirety, continuing to honor over two decades of this creative and critical career high watermark.
On August 30 and 31, the band will host their Summer Freak Out, playing two nights at Zoo Amphitheatre in their hometown of Oklahoma City. The band will perform Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in its entirety on night one, with a full performance of The Soft Bulletin to follow on night two.
A1. Race for the Prize
A2. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
A3. The Spark That Bled
A4. The Spiderbite Song
B1. Buggin’
B2. What is the Light?
B3. The Observer
C1. Waitin’ for a Superman
C2. Suddenly Everything Has Changed
C3. The Gash
D1. Slow Motion
D2. Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
D3. Sleeping on the Roof
