Flaming Lips release '2nd Cassette Demo'

Here's a surprise: Oklahoma freak-rockers The Flaming Lips once sounded like Misfits. That much was made clear when Wayne Coyne posted the videos of their "2nd Cassette Demo" to YouTube.

Side A

'The Flaming Lips Theme Song 1983'
'The Future Is Gone'

The first two tracks find The Lips in a hard-charging punk mood that shows relatively little of the band that would craft songs around epic robot battles and the sun's explosion.

"It captures the group in a transition from its primitive shambolic drug-damaged punk-pop to the primitive shambolic drug-damaged hallucinogenic cosmic brother death rock heard on the 1st EP," according to the press release.

Side B

'Real Fast Words'

'Underground Pharmacist'

"Real Fast Words" is the first hint of odd that we get from the band. While most of the track is a straight-forward surf sounding jam, there are a few flashes of noise and shimmering guitars.

The 2nd Cassette Demo is currently on sale as an ultra-limited signed blue 7". Check out The Future Heart for details of how to get your hands on a copy.

(h/t to NME)