Pitchfork

[Updated Monday, September 22nd, 2003 15:30:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Warner Bros. have set a date of November 18th for the Flaming Lips EP Pitchfork reported on earlier this week, according to a report from Rolling Stone. The "Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell" single will comprise seven tracks in all, including two remixes of the title track and Dntel/Postal Service mainman Jimmy Tamborello taking on "Do You Realize" the way Uma Thurman takes on all those blindfolded samurais in that Quentin Tarantino trailer. KCRW electronica-lite perpetuator Jason Bentley tarts up the "Ego In Acceleration" mix of the title track, while electroclash-lite scenesters the Blow-Up (Paolo Cilione and Claudio Camaione) no doubt compress the life out of the "Self-Administration" mix. A third remix by Utah Saints ("Birth Of A Mega-Hero") will replace the Bentley mix on the UK edition of the EP. As previously reported, the single will also sport new b-sides recorded with Fridmann last month including the Christmas anthem "A Chance at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)." Tracklist:

01 Assassination of the Sun
02 I'm a Fly in a Sunbeam (Following the Funeral Procession of a Stranger)
03 Sunship Balloons
04 Do You Realize?? (Postal Service Mix)
05 Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (Ego in Acceleration Mix)
06 Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell (Self-Administration with Blow-Up Mix)
07 A Chance at Christmas (Say It Isn't So)

At present, the plan we reported on earlier to back the single with DVD content appear to have been quashed. In related news, Warner Bros' Jennifer Bird reports on the official Flaming Lips site that the DVD-audio version of Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots has encountered more mastering difficulties and will not be available before November 4th.

And while we've got you, the group's collaboration with the Chemical Brothers, "The Golden Path," was released as a single in the UK earlier this week and should just... be... hitting... U.S. shops... NOW. The single is available on CD, DVD, and twelve-inch vinyl. So old school and new school all at the same time. So Lips.