It's Summertime

The track was recorded for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots with Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins during the Flaming Lips early 2000s studio work. The album sessions were produced by Dave Fridmann, the Flaming Lips and Scott Booker, with Fridmann engineering the band layered psychedelic pop arrangements. Released on Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in 2002, it formed part of the album that brought the Flaming Lips some of their broadest critical and commercial recognition. Though not issued as a charting single, it helped define the record reflective and melodic second half. It remains a notable Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots album track and a representative example of the Flaming Lips balance of melancholy songwriting and lush electronic production. The song continues to be associated with the album peak period in the band catalogue.