THE FLAMING LIPS NELL TV

After moving to Canada in 2012, Nell gravitated towards The Flaming Lips and eventually saw them in Spokane in 2017 aged 10, bursting into tears of joy when she saw the tickets.

THE FLAMING LIPS NELL TV

was holding my album cover on the TV and I was like Whoa! That’s actually me!” Attending festivals with her family, Nell experienced live music from the age of 2 and grew more and more interested. Apart from its tougher seventh cut evoking PJ Harvey if she were collaborating with Mazzy Star this opener establishes the tone of Where The Viaduct Looms, a collaborative album by Nell Smith and The Flaming Lips. “My family and I just sat down and watched it and I thought it was super cool. The instrumentation is a gauzy wash, adroitly balancing the impressionistic with an understated rhythmic bed. “I’ve got a lot of big responses from it and people seem to notice it a lot more from it being on the TV,” she says.

“I always wanted to play my own music, but this is such an amazing opportunity, to be able to make music with them.”Ī music video for the album song Red Right Hand was featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week, Smith says she was amazed to see herself on the show, considering her family doesn’t watch television. “I think it was just a really good opportunity and an amazing way to be introduced to the music industry,” Smith says. Smith says Coyne was very supportive as they worked together on the album remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The album came about after Smith began an acquaintance with lead singer Wayne Coyne. Smith would eventually collaborate with the band, releasing the album, Where the Viaduct Looms, under the name Nell and the Flaming Lips. Nell Smith has loved music since she was 5 years old, one of her favorite artists is the Flaming Lips, whom she became associated with after meeting at a concert in Alberta. Where the Viaduct Looms, will be released on Bella Union / and was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios.A 14 year old musician from Fernie has released a cover album of Nick Cave songs in collaboration with 3 time Grammy winning Rock Band The Flaming Lips. Replete with The Flaming Lips styled soundscape and Dave Fridmann mastering the track (and album), the song fits right into the band’s discography and further establishes Nell as a force to be reckoned with. As the 14-year-old prepared to go to see The Flaming Lips, one of her favourite bands, play in Calgary, she’d just wanted to be part of the regular explosion of colour and mayhem that the Oklahoma band bring to every performance. Nell Smith could never have known how important picking out a parrot costume would turn out to be.

The song does seem to take on a new meaning with a 14-year-old at the helm. The teenager reflects on the remarkable turn of events that led her to record an album remotely with the iconic rock bad during the pandemic. It’s a minimalistic affair like the original. The Flaming Lips and Nell have released their second Nick Cave cover, ‘The Ship Song’. Nell has had the unique experience of working with one of the premier bands in the industry today, The Flaming Lips.” And quite a story it is… At the time we wrote about Nell’s introduction to the world of music and the opportunity she had, “A rare collaboration has come to fruition for 14-year-old Nell Smith of Fernie BC, Canada. The album was mastered by Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios. Through her dad we learned about Nell’s backstory and how everything came together. The LP is comprised of nine Nick Cave cover versions with vocals and instrumentation by 14-year-old Nell Smith and instrumentation and production by The Flaming Lips. At the time we were completely blown away (and still are) at the level of Nell’s skill set. We were first introduced to her music earlier in 2021 through her father, Jude Smith. This isn’t the first time we’ve covered Nell Smith. The Flaming Lips with Nell Smith, have announced Where The Viaduct Looms, an album of Nick Cave covers with Nell Smith on lead vocals.

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