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Flaming Lips, Wild Nothing sign to Bella Union

By | Published on Monday 18 June 2012

The Flaming Lips

While quite what happened in the making of the video for their collaboration with Erykah Badu remains unclear (you’ll remember Badu expressed considerable displeasure at the final cut, which included her lookalike sister very naked indeed, writhing in some suspect solutions), we know for certain that The Flaming Lips are definitely on good terms with London indie Bella Union, who are set to bring the band’s collaborations album, on which Badu appears, to us Brits.

A delighted Wayne Coyne and co confirmed their alliance with the London label on Friday, and ‘The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends’, with its duets with Bon Iver, Tame Impala, Neon Indian and Nick Cave as well as Badu, will now arrive in UK record stores on 30 Jul via the Union. The label said it was “truly thrilled” to be signing “one of our all-time favourite bands”.

The Bella Union roster has also just acquired American songwriter and ‘one man band’ Jack Tatum, aka Wild Nothing, the label having signed the alt-pop soloist in time to issue his sophomore long player ‘Nocturne’ on 27 Aug. The first single from it, ‘Shadow’, is out slightly sooner as a 7-inch on 6 Aug, and you can listen to it here:

And why not have a tracklisting, too:

Shadow
Midnight Song
Nocturne
Through The Glass
Only Heather
This Chain Won’t Break
Disappear Always
Paradise
Counting Days
The Blue Dress
Rheya



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