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Starlight Mints

Saturday, May 20, at the Record Bar.

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By April Fleming

Published on May 18, 2006

A few steps behind fellow Oklahomans the Flaming Lips when it comes to fame, the Starlight Mints are no less creative — or weird — than their wild-eyed statesmen. The Mints' first two albums showcased agile wordplay but found the band better at crafting stories with dolled-up arrangements than with lyrics. No less infused with horns and strings, Drowaton, released earlier this year, finds the Mints traversing more traditional lyrical territory, but the instrumental background works in the group's favor on pop meanderings "Inside of Me" and "Seventeen Devils."