Headed our way in July for a slot on the recently announced Splendour In The Grass festival, psych rockers the Flaming Lips (who’ll also unveil a new album in June) have been at the centre of a legal stoush with the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

The band’s track, “Do You Realize”, recently won a public vote to become the official state rock song of Oklahoma, the band’s home. Despite winning with more than 50 percent of the vote, seems several members of the House Of Representatives weren’t happy with the decision, however. According to local newspaper The Oklahoman, Rep. Corey Holland didn’t like when “one of the band members wore a red T-shirt with a yellow sickle and hammer on it when the Flaming Lips came last month to the Capitol.” “I was really offended by that,” Holland says. Meanwhile Rep. Mike Reynolds believed “the band has a reputation for using obscene language, recalling band members used offensive language several years ago when the city of Oklahoma City named an alley after the band.”

Now Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry has stepped in, overruling the House’s rejection of the song. “A truly iconic rock ‘n’ roll band,” he says, “they are proud ambassadors of their home state. They were clearly the people’s choice, and I intend to honour that vote.”

“Regardless of what the minority in the House of Representatives wish, the Flaming Lips remain proud ambassadors of the state,” say the Lips.