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The Flaming Lips announce first album without Steven Drozd
The Flaming Lips will release The Teardrop Throbs on January 22, their first new album since 2020.
The psych-rock band’s new record is its first album without multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd since 1991.
Drozd left in 2024; Wayne Coyne said he quit, while Drozd said he was fired after he went to addiction treatment.
The album is also the band’s first release on Third Man Records, ending its long association with Warner.
Its lead single is “God Will Control the Werewolves,” which Coyne said grew from playing hide-and-seek with his sons under a full moon.
The track list also includes “Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell Part Two,” a sequel to a song from the band’s 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
The band plans intimate shows after the album’s release, with dates listed in the United States and London.
The Flaming Lips announced The Teardrop Throbs, their first album without multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd since 1991.
The album is scheduled for release on January 22 through Third Man Records.
It is the band’s first new album since 2020’s American Head and their first release on a label other than Warner in 37 years.
The lead single is “God Will Control the Werewolves.”
Coyne says Drozd left the band in 2024, while Drozd has said he was fired.
- Who
- The Flaming Lips, led by Wayne Coyne.
- What
- The band announced The Teardrop Throbs, its first album without Steven Drozd since 1991.
- When
- Announced October 26, 2026; scheduled for release January 22.
- Where
- The album will be released on Third Man Records. The announcement’s location is not stated.
- Why
- The sources do not state a specific reason for the album announcement. Coyne and Drozd disagree about how Drozd left the band.
Wayne Coyne
Steven Drozd
Aspect
Wayne Coyne
Coyne says Drozd quit the band.
Steven Drozd
Drozd says he was fired.
Aspect
Wayne Coyne
Coyne’s account of the departure is reported by Stereogum.
Steven Drozd
Drozd said Coyne stopped talking to him after he returned to addiction treatment and the band continued activities without him.
Steven Drozd joined the Flaming Lips as a drummer.
The band released American Head, its previous album.
Drozd left the band; Coyne said he quit, while Drozd said he was fired.
The Flaming Lips announced The Teardrop Throbs and released its lead single.
The Teardrop Throbs is scheduled to be released.
- Album
- The Teardrop Throbs
- Release date
- January 22
- Record label
- Third Man Records
- Lead single
- God Will Control the Werewolves
- Track count
- 13
- Previous album
- American Head, released in 2020
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What people are saying
I went back to treatment. And he just stopped talking to me. That was it. That was me basically being fired from the group.
God would control the werewolves for a little bit while we played hide n seek..
I’ve always liked it when songs from previous records get a new rendering