Flaming Lips Release 6 song EP "Peace Sword"

THE FLAMING LIPS will release a brand new six-song EP featuring new music inspired by Summit Entertainment’s upcoming feature film Ender’s Game, which hits theaters on November 1^st. The title track “Peace Sword (Open Your Heart)” was written exclusively for the film, while the remaining five tracks were all inspired by the book upon which the film is based as well as the motion picture itself.

Peace Sword will be released by all digital retailers on October 29^th, to coincide with the film’s November 1^st release and features exclusive artwork. Click here to view. The CD and limited-edition 12″ vinyl release will follow on Black Friday/Record Store Day, which falls on November 29^th. The beautiful vinyl package features the same audio content as the CD, but features different artwork (pictured above). It will be pressed on black, standard-weight vinyl with a dazzling “LIPSian” gatefold sleeve.

THE LIPS will celebrate Halloween this year with a new “Halloween Blood Bath” hoodie, which is now available for pre-order and will become available on October 29^th to coincide with the band’s Halloween shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco, where it will be sold. The hoodie, which is a black cotton zip-up with “The Flaming Lips” printed on the front and the “Halloween Blood Bath” graphic printed on the back, is available only during October at The Flaming Lips online store here.

The track-listing for Peace Sword is as follows:
Peace Sword (“Open Your Heart”)
If They Move, Shoot ‘Em
Is The Black At The End Good
Think Like A Machine, Not A Boy
Wolf Children
Assassin Beetle – The Dream Is Ending

About Ender’s Game:
Summit Entertainment is a LIONSGATE company.
Directed by Gavin Hood, and based on the best-selling award-winning novel, Summit Entertainment’sEnder’s Game takes place in the near future; when a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley), all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff (Harrison Ford) and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military’s next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he’s trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race. Ender’s Game in theater’s beginning November 1, 2013.

Summit Entertainment, which co-financed the film with OddLot Entertainment, produced the project with OddLot and Digital Domain.