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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Flying Microtonal Banana - Eco Vinyl Edition

    Talking about the making of Flying Microtonal Banana, Eric Moore of the band said: “Earlier this year we started experimenting with a custom microtonal guitar our friend Zak made for Stu. The guitar was modified to play in 24- TET tuning and could only be played with other microtonal instruments. We ended up giving everyone a budget of $200 to buy instruments and turn them microtonal. The record features the modified electric guitars, basses, keyboards and harmonica as well as a Turkish horn called a Zurna.”

    Shimmering, hypnotic and propulsive and powered along, as ever, by the metronomic beat of two drummers, ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’ takes a subtle musical shift away from the frazzled freak-beat of its predecessor, ‘Nonagon Infinity’. Trance like, in parts clipped and concise yet deeply psychedelic, it reveals yet another musical side to a band seemingly in perpetual motion.

    TRACK LISTING

    Rattlesnake
    Melting
    Open Water
    Sleep Drifter
    Billabong Valley
    Anoxia
    Doom City
    Nuclear Fusion
    Flying Microtonal Banana

    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

    Nonagon Infinity - Eco Vinyl Edition

      After the acid-flecked cosmic jazz of Quarters and the hazy, pastoral, acoustic bliss of Paper Mache Dream Balloon, with Nonagon Infinity the Gizzard once again dive head-long into the gonzo freak-beat frenzy that mark both their Heavenly debut I’m In Your Mind Fuzz, and their perpetually in motion, double-drummer propelled live show.

      Recorded by Wayne Gordon, Paul Maybury, Michael Badger and Stu Mackenzie at Daptone Studios in Brooklyn, in keeping with their indefatigable spirit the 9 track album may be the world's first infinitely looping LP. Each of the nine, complex, blistering tracks on Nonagon Infinity seamlessly flows into the next, with the final song linking straight back into the top of the opener like a sonic mobius strip.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Robot Stop
      2. Big Fig Wasp
      3. Gamma Knife
      4. People-Vultures
      5. Mr. Beat
      6. Evil Death Roll
      7. Invisible Face
      8. Wah Wah
      9. Road Train

      King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

      Acoustic Gizzard - Live In Detroit 2024

        On the summer 2024 leg of their USA tour, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard played a very special acoustic set at the beautiful Aretha Franklin Amphitheater in Detroit Michigan, As soon as the show dropped on the bands Official Bootleggers' series we knew we had to press it up. This bootleg captures the first acoustic set of the tour in all its glory, pressed up on some sick coloured vinyl, each different over 3 LPs.

        TRACK LISTING

        DISC 1
        SIDE A

        1. Theia - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        2. Ambergris - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        SIDE B
        1. Rats In The Sky - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        2. Sad Pilot - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        3. Flight B741 - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        4. Mirage City - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

        DISC 2
        SIDE C

        1. You Can Be Your Silhouette - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        2. Straws In The Wind - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        3. Pleura - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        SIDE D
        1. Automation - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        2. Nuclear Fusion - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        3. Honey - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

        DISC 3
        SIDE E

        1. Minimum Brain Size - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        2. Rattlesnake - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        3. Billabong Valley - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        SIDE F
        1. Crumbling Castle - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        2. The Fourth Color - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
        3. Her And I (Slow Jam 2) - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

        King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

        The Silver Cord

          The Silver Cord', King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's 25th studio album is a full-hearted and purposeful embrace of electronic equipment and electronic music in its own right.

          The Silver Cord comes in two iterations, the 1LP Standard Edition is a shorter, more condensed version, where the 2LP Extended Mix sees every song pushed toward the 10min mark and beyond.

          The 2LP edition also comes on a deluxe mirror board gatefold jacket and both editions are housed in a premium printed thick brown outer sleeve.

          King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

          PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation

            King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard announce their 24th album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation.

            It is the group’s second full-length album excursion into thrash — following 2019’s Infest The Rats’ Nest — though, as you might expect, PetroDragonic Apocalypse is no mere retread of Rats’ Nest’s gory glories, but rather a full evolutionary step all of its own.

            TRACK LISTING

            LP1 – Side A
            1. Motor Spirit
            2. Supercell
            LP1 – Side B
            1. Converge
            2. Witchcraft
            3. Gila Monster
            LP2 – Side A
            1. Dragon
            2. Flamethrower
            LP2 – Side B
            1. Dawn Of Eternal Night 

            King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

            Paper Mâché Dream Balloon - Original & Instrumentals Edition

              At some point in the last decade, the world’s greatest living non-stop psychedelic rock machine hit creative overdrive. Music flowed from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard like lava - super hot and absolutely unstoppable. Thankfully, Heavenly were on hand to help get the out there right out there, releasing ten albums by the band in less than five years.

              Now, having been out of print on vinyl for years, the first three of those albums are released as deluxe reissues to help you blow your mind on your top of the range stereo. Or maybe blow your speakers, it’s your choice.

              2014’s ‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’ and their two 2015 releases ‘Quarters!’ and ‘Paper Mache Dream Balloon’ are reissued as double albums on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl.

              ‘Paper Mache Dream Balloon’ comes with an album of instrumentals and a  downloadable version of the album.

              This record is best described in the words of the band:

              ‘Paper Mache Dream Balloon’: “Beautiful and terrifying. The thorniest rose. Calm and calculated. The evaporating rainbow. The smell of tin sheds and horse shit. Tim-tams and dahlias. Mice and magpies. A cool tune in the hot breeze. A throw-away classic. Gizzard's utopia. Including the original LP PLUS the original album but... INSTRUMENTAL! No vocals. No harmonies. No singers. Just... pure... acoustic... BLISS.”



              TRACK LISTING

              Sense
              Bone
              Dirt
              Paper Mache Dream Balloon
              Trapdoor
              Cold Cadaver
              The Bitter Boogie
              N.G.R.I. (Bloodstain)
              Time=Fate
              Time=$$$
              Most Of What I Like
              Paper Mache
              Sense (Instrumental)
              Bone (Instrumental)
              Dirt (Instrumental)
              Paper Mâché Dream Balloon (Instrumental)
              Trapdoor (Instrumental)
              Cold Cadaver (Instrumental)
              The Bitter Boogie (Instrumental)
              N.G.R.I. (Bloodstain) (Instrumental)
              Time=Fate (Instrumental)
              Time=$$$ (Instrumental)
              Most Of What I Like (Instrumental)
              Paper Mâché (Instrumental)

              King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

              Made In Timeland

                Timeland is a long-lost King Gizzard record mysteriously unearthed on the eve of 2022.

                It will not appear on any DSPs anywhere, making the physical product a highly coveted collector's item.

                All LPs are housed in a brown paper bag to help combat the environmental impact of vinyl manufacturing.

                STAFF COMMENTS

                Barry says: King Gizz return once again for their 19TH studio LP (not including all the live records that have dropped recently), and it's every bit the off-piste turn we expected it would be. Wonderfully weird, conceptually rich and skilfully performed. It's both exactly what you'd expect and everything you wouldn't expect.

                TRACK LISTING

                Timeland
                Smoke & Mirrors

                King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                Butterfly 3001

                  "We’ve put off doing a remix album for a long time. Maybe it was conscious, maybe it wasn’t. But it’s happening now. That’s not to say that Butterfly 3000 makes the most sense to remix. It might seem like the obvious one, but it’s not. Yes it’s electronic. But so is a fridge. Have you tried to dance to Butterfly? It’s hard. It ties your shoelaces together. It’s duplicitous in it’s simplicity. But Butterfly 3001 expands on this. It also deviates and obliterates. We’re honoured to have such esteemed people go to work on these songs. We hope you love this album as much as we do. See you in DA CLUB!!!" - Joey Walker

                  TRACK LISTING

                  A.
                  1. Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow Remix)
                  2. Shanghai (The Scientist Remix)
                  3. Shanghai (Deaton Chris Anthony Remix)
                  4. Dreams (Yu Su Remix)
                  5. Blue Morpho (Donato Dozzy Remix)
                  B.
                  1. Blue Morpho (Vril Remix)
                  2. Blue Morpho (Ciel Remix)
                  3. Blue Morpho (ZANDOLI II Remix)
                  4. Catching Smoke (DāM-FunK Remix)
                  C.
                  1. Ya Love (The Flaming Lips Remix)
                  2. Ya Love (Geneva Jacuzzi Remix)
                  3. Ya Love (Héctor Oaks Remix)
                  4. 2.02 Killer Year (Bullant Remix)
                  D.
                  1. Yours (Fred P Remix)
                  2. Butterfly 3000 (Terry Tracksuit Remix)
                  3. Neu Butterfly 3000 (Peaches Remix)

                  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                  Live In Adelaide '19

                    Live at Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, July 12th 2019

                    Recorded by our sound crew:
                    Sam Joseph, Stacey Wilson

                    Drums: Michael Cavanagh
                    Guitar / Keys: Cook Craig
                    Harmonica / Vocals / Keys / Percussion: Ambrose Kenny-Smith
                    Vocals / Guitar / Keys: Stu Mackenzie
                    Drums: Eric Moore
                    Bass: Lucas Harwood
                    Guitar / Vocals: Joey Walker
                    Adam Halliwell: Flute on Hot Water and Head On/Pill

                    Mixed by Stu Mackenzie
                    Cover design by Jason Galea

                    TRACK LISTING

                    1. Evil Star 
                    2. Planet B 
                    3. Mars For The Rich 
                    4. Venusian 1 
                    5. Cyboogie 
                    6. Real?s Not Real 
                    7. Hot Water
                    8. Open Water 
                    9. Sleep Drifter 
                    10. Billabong Valley 
                    11. The Bird Song 
                    12. Inner Cell 
                    13. Loyalty 
                    14. Horology 
                    15. Plastic Boogie 
                    16. Organ Farmer 
                    17. Self-Immolate 
                    18. Head On/Pill 

                    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                    Live In Asheville 2019

                      Live at New Belgium Brewing Company, Asheville, NC, USA, September 1st 2019

                      Recorded by our sound crew: Sam Joseph, Stacey Wilson and Gaspard Demulemeester

                      TRACK LISTING

                      1. Evil Star (Live In Asheville '19)
                      2. Self-Immolate (Live In Asheville '19)
                      3. Venusian 1 (Live In Asheville '19)
                      4. Alter Me III (Live In Asheville '19)
                      5. Altered Beast IV (Live In Asheville '19)
                      6. People-Vultures (Live In Asheville '19)
                      7. This Thing (Live In Asheville '19)
                      8. Beginner?s Luck (Live In Asheville '19)
                      9. Rattlesnake (Live In Asheville '19)
                      10. Cyboogie (Live In Asheville '19)
                      11. Loyalty (Live In Asheville '19)
                      12. Horology (Live In Asheville '19)
                      13. Boogieman Sam (Live In Asheville '19)
                      14. Plastic Boogie (Live In Asheville '19)
                      15. Mars For The Rich (Live In Asheville '19)
                      16. Hell (Live In Asheville '19)
                      17. The Lord Of Lightning (Live In Asheville '19)
                      18. The Bitter Boogie (Live In Asheville '19)

                      King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                      Teenage Gizzard

                        Tracks 1-8 recorded some time in 2010 in Angelsea, Victoria, Australia
                        Tracks 9+10 recorded some time in 2011 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia

                        Mixed by Stu Mackenzie
                        Cover Design by Ahmad Oka

                        TRACK LISTING

                        1. Hey There
                        2. Ants And Bats
                        3. Sleep
                        4. Summer
                        5. Eddie Cousin
                        6. Fried
                        7. Good To Me
                        8. Tomb/Beach
                        9. Trench Foot
                        10. Life Is Cool

                        King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                        Live In Adelaide '19 (Fuzz Club Official Bootleg)

                          Both box sets include 62x62cm poster. Artwork and remaster exclusive to Fuzz Club Bootlegs. The live album was recorded when the prolific Australian psych-rock group descended on Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide, Australia on July 12th 2019. This career-spanning live album sees the band storm through tracks from ‘Chunky Shrapnel’, ‘Infest The Rats Nest’, ‘Fishing for Fishies’, ‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’, ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’, ‘Polygondwanaland’, and ‘Float Along - Fill Your Lungs’. This ‘Live In Adelaide 19’ bootleg is remastered by Brett Orrison (Jack White, The Black Angels, Roky Erickson) exclusively for Fuzz Club and arrives as a hand-numbered triple LP box-set with exclusive artwork.

                          TRACK LISTING

                          1) Evil Star
                          2) Planet B
                          3) Mars For The Rich
                          4) Venusian 1
                          5) Cyboogie
                          6) Real’s Not Real
                          7) Hot Water
                          8) Open Water
                          9) Sleep Drifter
                          10) Billabong Valley
                          11) The Bird Song
                          12) Inner Cell
                          13) Loyalty
                          14) Horology
                          15) Plastic Boogie
                          16) Organ Farmer
                          17) Self-Immolate
                          18) Head On/Pill

                          King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                          Demos Volumes 1 & 2

                            500 double lps ON BLUE / GREEN VINYL
                            VOLUME 1 IS sea blue
                            VOLUME 2 IS army green

                            Recorded between 2011 - 2020 by King Gizz

                            Mastered by Joseph Carra
                            Cover design by Jason Galea

                            STAFF COMMENTS

                            Barry says: There's no stopping the 'Giz train is there? It's no wonder with that many superb albums under their belt, there's a wealth of unheard demo material out there, and this goes to show that even their unheard material is still worth hearing. A great collection and a great looking double LP.

                            King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

                            L.W.

                              The album follows the recent January 2021 release of single 'O.N.E.' and the band's sixteenth studio album K.G (the second volume in the band's previous explorations into microtonal tunings), as well as Live In S.F. '16 (ATO Records), a live album recorded during the band's 2016 U.S. tour stop at San Francisco venue The Independent. As the band enter their second decade – and their frontman still only thirty years old - the creative future of the band, as showcased on L.W., promises to be bolder, madder and more imaginative than ever.

                              STAFF COMMENTS

                              Barry says: They just keep going don't they? Fortunately, their artistic integrity and ability to write a tune hasn't been sacrificed at all with 'L.W' being possibly their most pronounced mix of dancefloor funk, groove and sludgy indie yet. It's more down the psych-funk route than some of their heavier numbers but is as ever, wildly inventive and quintessentially KGLW.

                              TRACK LISTING

                              CD
                              If Not Now, Then When?
                              O.N.E.
                              Pleaura
                              Supreme Ascendancy
                              Static Electricity
                              East West Link
                              Ataraxia
                              See Me
                              K.G.L.W

                              Vinyl
                              Side 1
                              If Not Now, Then When?
                              O.N.E.
                              Pleaura
                              Supreme Ascendancy
                              Static Electricity

                              Side 2
                              East West Link
                              Ataraxia
                              See Me
                              K.G.L.W

                              King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                              Live In San Francisco '16

                                Just under a month after delivering their award-winning 2016 album Nonagon Infinity, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard took the stage at San Francisco’s The Independent for a set both wildly frenetic and meticulously executed. In one of their final club gigs before bursting onto the international scene—soon selling out amphitheaters and headlining festivals—the Melbourne septet laid down a breakneck performance that, in the words of SF Weekly, “made every organ ache just right.” Multi-tracked and impeccably mixed, Live in San Francisco ’16  simultaneously channels the massive energy of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s set while echoing the sweaty intimacy of the 500-capacity venue.  

                                Newly unearthed by ATO Records, Live in San Francisco ’16 captures an extraordinary moment in the band’s increasingly storied history, a 13-song spectacular likely to leave every listener awestruck and adrenalized.

                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                Barry says: King Gizzard are without a doubt one of the busiest bands on the planet, and by all accounts, one of the greatest forces on the live circuit too. This is a true to life and superb sounding document of a band at the height of their powers. LONG LIVE KING GIZ.

                                TRACK LISTING

                                Robot Stop
                                Hot Water
                                Big Fig Wasp
                                Gamma Knife
                                People-Vultures
                                Trapdoor
                                I'm In Your Mind
                                I'm Not In Your Mind
                                Cellophane
                                I'm In Your Mind Fuzz
                                The River
                                Evil Death Roll
                                Head On/Pill

                                King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                                Chunky Shrapnel

                                  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce Chunky Shrapnel, a feature-length motion picture that follows King Gizzard’s adrenaline-inducing onstage performances from the perspective of the band. The film is accompanied by a double LP featuring the music from the film, which was recorded throughout the band's 2019 European tour.

                                  “John Stewart (director of Chunky Shrapnel) followed us around for a few weeks through Europe," says the band's Stu Mackenzie. "It was fun and funny and wild and weird. Sometimes an inconspicuous fly on the wall, sometimes an intrusive camera man one inch from my face. Always exciting though. Chunky Shrapnel was made for the cinema but as both concerts and films are currently outlawed, it feels poetic to release a concert-film digitally right now."

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Evil Star
                                  2. The River (Live In Luxembourg ’19)
                                  3. Wah Wah (Live In Madrid ’19)
                                  4. Road Train (Live In Manchester ’19)
                                  5. Murder Of The Universe (Live In Utrecht ’19)
                                  6. Quarantine
                                  7. Planet B (Live In London ’19)
                                  8. Parking (Live In Brussels ’19)
                                  9. Venusian 2 (Live In Milan ’19)
                                  10. Hell (Live In Milan ’19)
                                  11. Let Me Mend The Past (Live In Madrid ’19)
                                  12. Anamnesis
                                  13. Inner Cell (Live In Utrecht ’19)
                                  14. Loyalty (Live In Utrecht ’19)
                                  15. Horology (Live In Utrecht '19)
                                  16. A Brief History Of Planet Earth (Live In London, Berlin, Utrecht And Barcelona ’19)

                                  Right as the clock was striking midnight on the last day of the year, King Gizzard issued Gumboot Soup, an entirely new 11-song collection. "Greenhouse Heat Death" and "All Is Known" are microtonal jams that roil and boil like the songs on Flying Microtonal Banana, the metallic "The Great Chain of Being" has the proggy feel of Murder of the Universe, and a bunch of mellow tracks ("Superposition," "I'm Sleepin' In," "The Wheel") could have been warped a bit and slotted right into Sketches of Brunswick East. The rest of the songs are strong neo-psych that would have fit well on the grab bag that was Polygondwanaland; the soft rock "Beginner's Luck" would have been a highlight with its marshmallowy chorus and jabbing guitar solo, and the same goes for the almost funky "Down the Sink," which reveals a loose-limbed side the band doesn't often show. So yes, it's a collection of castoffs and almost-weres, but the amazing thing is that it sounds like a greatest-hits collection made up of songs that are fully realized and played with passion and weirdness, not a half-baked slag heap. In case anyone needed it, Gumboot Soup is yet more proof that King Gizzard were firing all year long on all five cylinders, plus about four more that most bands don't have, and the body of work they created is immensely, intensely, jaw-droppingly impressive.

                                  STAFF COMMENTS

                                  Barry says: Though I feel like I might be getting RSI from writing about King Giz, amazingly they've managed to smash out yet another killer LP, full of their trademark hooks and off-kilter psychedelic scree. Once again, a completely realised and cohesive collection comes from the KG camp.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Beginner's Luck
                                  2. Greenhouse Heat Death
                                  3. Barefoot Desert
                                  4. Muddy Water
                                  5. Superposition
                                  6. Down The Sink
                                  7. The Great Chain Of Being
                                  8. The Last Oasis
                                  9. All Is Known
                                  10. I'm Sleepin' In
                                  11. The Wheel

                                  King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

                                  Polygondwanaland - Heavenly Edition

                                    With an insanely prolific year, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard return with their twelfth album, Polygondwanaland to journey into the depths of the mind and the limits of the universe. The Australian 7-piece have made a name for themselves with a steady stream of new material since their inception 2010, blending everything surf rock, prog, soul, folk, metal, garage rock, and even elements of spoken word and cinematic presentation, creating a large buzz and rabid fanbase stretching far across the globe from their Melbourne roots. this album is full of the psychedelic rock outfit's jazz and groove laden jams.

                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                    Barry says: For all of you who missed out on the Piccadilly Records exclusive beer splattered vinyl version of this, their TWELFTH LP, then here it is brought to you by the wonderful Heavenly records on CD and standard LP. If you haven't heard it yet, then get on it, or they'll have another one out before you get chance.

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    1. Crumbling Castle 10:44
                                    2. Polygondwanaland 03:32
                                    3. The Castle In The Air 02:47
                                    4. Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet 03:33
                                    5. Inner Cell 03:55
                                    6. Loyalty 03:38
                                    7. Horology 02:52
                                    8. Tetrachromacy 03:30
                                    9. Searching... 03:03
                                    10. The Fourth Colour 06:12

                                    King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

                                    Murder Of The Universe

                                    Lit by thunderclaps and lightning, Murder Of The Universe inhabits a sonic landscape of death, decay, ossification, fossilisation, rebirth. It is a place occupied by wandering shape-shifting beasts, bleeding skies, pools of blood, great fires and mushroom clouds; a planet rent asunder by conflict.

                                    A disorientating experience, the album hinges on three distinct sections that rise from larval beds, and whose lyrics should be carved in stone, squeezed from moss, discovered in ancient runes. And all the while a passing cast of characters imbue the tale with both human and non-human emotions.

                                    Snippets of earlier recordings breakthrough collection I’m In Your Mind Fuzz and Nonagon Infinity resurface throughout like ghostly shadow form to haunt their latest sound. In years to come King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will be judged not by their separate albums, but by a body of work where themes, melodies, motifs, riffs and ideas resurface and recur, each album peeling back a layer of the onion to glimpse at past and future alike.

                                    “We’ve always thought of our albums as portals through which you can move from one to the other,” says Stu. “Or maybe each album is a bridge to the next part of the story. Songs sync together, records can be played in loops and past ideas recur or are reprised, and then woven into new textures. These ideas aren’t necessarily contrived though...sometimes these just happen.”

                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                    Barry says: Another brilliant outing from the King Giz fam. Psychedelic swirling guitars, echoing vocal melodies, impeccable percussive freak-outs and as ever, fist-pumping heavy af grooves.

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    The Tale Of The Altered Beast
                                    1. A New World
                                    2. Altered Beats I
                                    3. Alter Me I
                                    4. Altered Best II
                                    5. Alter Me I
                                    6. Altered Beast III
                                    7. Alter Me III
                                    8. Altered Beats IV
                                    9. Life / Death

                                    The Lord Of Lightening Vs. Balrog
                                    10. Some Context
                                    11. The Reticent Raconteur
                                    12. The Lord Of Lightening
                                    13. The Balrog
                                    14. The Floating Fire
                                    15. The Acrid Corpse

                                    Han- Tyumi And The Murder Of The Universe
                                    16. Welcome To An Altered Future
                                    17. Digital Black
                                    18. Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg
                                    19. Soy-Protein Munt Machine
                                    20. Vomit Coffin
                                    21. Murder Of The Universe

                                    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                                    Flying Microtonal Banana

                                      Geelong’s insuppressible King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard release their new album ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’ on Heavenly Recordings - the first of five albums they are set to release in 2017.

                                      Talking about the making of Flying Microtonal Banana, Eric Moore of the band said: “Earlier this year we started experimenting with a custom microtonal guitar our friend Zak made for Stu. The guitar was modified to play in 24- TET tuning and could only be played with other microtonal instruments. We ended up giving everyone a budget of $200 to buy instruments and turn them microtonal. The record features the modified electric guitars, basses, keyboards and harmonica as well as a Turkish horn called a Zurna.”

                                      Shimmering, hypnotic and propulsive and powered along, as ever, by the metronomic beat of two drummers, ‘Flying Microtonal Banana’ takes a subtle musical shift away from the frazzled freak-beat of its predecessor, ‘Nonagon Infinity’. Trance like, in parts clipped and concise yet deeply psychedelic, it reveals yet another musical side to a band seemingly in perpetual motion.

                                      Perhaps one of the most exciting live bands out there right now, they appeared at both Green Man and End Of The Road festivals over the summer as well as playing sold-out London shows at the Electric Ballroom, Moth Club and The Electric during 2016. The band will bring their unrestrained and free-wheeling live show back to the UK in 2017.

                                      STAFF COMMENTS

                                      Barry says: K-Gizzle pull out another brilliant and no doubt in-demand album of angular melodies, psychedelic freak-outs and grooving churns of noise, interspersed with funked-up melodies and brilliantly effervescent indie rock. There really is a bit of everything here, classic rock, jazz, psych, noise. You name it, it's here, and executed to perfection.

                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      Rattlesnake
                                      Melting
                                      Open Water
                                      Sleep Drifter
                                      Billabong Valley
                                      Anoxia
                                      Doom City
                                      Nuclear Fusion
                                      Flying Microtonal Banana

                                      King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

                                      Paper Mâché Dream Balloon

                                      Starting out in 2010 as a solid garage rock group, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard followed their collective muse wherever it chose to lead them. For their latest opus, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, they initially thought it was going to be filled with the darker, heavier material that the band has been playing live of late. But front man Stu Mackenzie soon decided that it was time to put aside the longer, more conceptual pieces and go in a completely new direction.

                                      On previous records King Gizzard has channeled many different sounds: From heavily distorted, kraut-driven rock on their 2014 album I’m In Your Mind Fuzz to expansive, almost jazzy, Dead-like head trips on Quarters! Or as Mackenzie puts it, “I always wanted to be a band where you would expect the unexpected each time, with each album being treated like a different phase.”

                                      Hence, the band’s seventh album was recorded using nothing but acoustic instruments. Mackenzie elaborated on this with: “Acoustic guitars, flute, double bass, fiddle, harmonica, drum kit, clarinet. Whatever we could find really.” The result is a lovely, lilting pop masterpiece that still evokes the same intoxicating exuberance as KGATLW’s most recent work, but with a more pastoral, communal feel to it.

                                      "Their songs are dense, intricately crafted, and most importantly, powerful … King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard don't do predictability.” - Pitchfork”

                                      “King Gizzard are on a dizzying trip to the center of psychedelia, cocooning themselves in spaced-out guitar lines and engorged melodies that demand to be viewed Disney-style, through a dodecahedral prism of light.” – The Guardian

                                      TRACK LISTING

                                      1 Sense
                                      2 Bone
                                      3 Dirt
                                      4 Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
                                      5 Trapdoor
                                      6 Cold Cadaver
                                      7 The Bitter Boogie
                                      8 N.G.R.I (Bloodstain)
                                      9 Time=Fate
                                      10 Time=$$$
                                      11 Most Of What I Like
                                      12 Paper Mâché


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