“God Will Control the Werewolves” is the first taste of The Teardrop Throbs which arrives Jan. 22 via Third Man Records

The Flaming Lips have announced their first album of new material in six years, The Teardrop Throbs , which will arrive Jan. 22 via Third Man Records. Today, the band has released the lead single “God Will Control the Werewolves.”

“God Will Control the Werewolves” was inspired by a story about Wayne Coyne’s sons, Bloom and Rex, who were playing hide and seek during a full moon. “Bloom asked me if, while him and Rex were hiding , [if] the werewolves would get them,” Coyne said. “I told him God would control the werewolves for a little bit while we played hide n seek. The way I heard the song sounding (in my head) was kind of Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon BUT Syd Barrett is still in the band.”

To celebrate the album, the band will play a series of intimate concerts in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, Chicago, and London in 2027.…