By Natalia Maltais | Observer Contributor
With catchy sci-fi themes and vivid imagery, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips is a diamond in the rough.
The album starts with “Fight Test”, a bubbly, yet heavy pop song that’s a call to action. It begins with a passive fighter, “I thought it better not to fight, I thought there was a virtue in always being cool.” As Coyne sings over warped, humming keyboards and a thick bass he begins to realize he’s ready to fight, but still fights his own skepticism. “Cause I’m a man not a boy and there are things you can’t avoid. You have to face them when you’re not prepared to face them.”