BMG Chrysalis's US operation has signed the Flaming Lips to a worldwide publishing deal.

The agreement has been announced just after the release of their album, Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends, the first since their previous recording deal with Warner Bros ended. They subsequently resigned to the major in the US, while inking a deal with independent Bella Union for Europe. The album was released in the UK on July 30, while another studio album, tentatively titled The Terror, is ...