American Head

American Head is the sixteenth studio album by American rock band the Flaming Lips, released on September 11, 2020, on Warner Records in the US and Bella Union in the UK. Produced by Dave Fridmann and Scott Booker, alongside the band itself, the album represents a return to the band's American roots. It is the final studio album to feature founding bass guitarist Michael Ivins and keyboardist Jake Ingalls, who both departed from the band in 2021, as well as drummer Nicholas Ley who departed in 2023. It is subsequently the final album featuring the expanded seven person line-up of the group that began with 2017's Oczy Mlody. This album also marks the last appearance of long time member Steven Drozd who departed in 2025 ending the core trio of Coyne, Drozd, Ivins that had been in place since 1996. This leaves Coyne, Brown, and Kirksey as the only members of the band who appear on the album and remain in the band as of late 2025.