FLAMING LIPS, THE - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart LP

Label: Warner

Transmissions from the Satellite Heart is the Flaming Lips' sixth album, released in 1993.

The Norman, Oklahoma, quartet makes modern rock that doesn't sound like anyone else; head music, they'd have called it in psychedelia's heyday, weird soundscapes that conjure the bizarre alternate universe on the other side of the funhouse mirror.

Transmissions, their second major-label release after a long indie apprenticeship has a mellower feel than early fans might expect, with lots of acoustic guitar and dreamy interludes to shame more-era Pink Floyd, but it's no less weird than their last two efforts.

Strange sounds float in and out of the mix, and Wayne Coyne's twisted hick vocals are convincingly demented. The Flaming Lips may be transmitting to the satellites, but when all is said and done, they live in Oklahoma.