King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
 

Figured I'd make a catch-all thread for this amazing psychedelic rock band from Melbourne.

Besides putting out some great records, these guys operate on a different level;
One album was an infinitely looping album, one album was done on a micro-tonal level, with obscure tunings on obscure instruments, another album was a jazz collaboration, etc, etc.

For 2017 alone, they decided to release 5 separate full-length albums. Who does that? These days, we're lucky if a good band puts out one album in five years!

Their 4th album of the 5 was just released, and it's actually FREE!
(check it out here - it's actually one of their more accessible albums... which isn't saying much, but it's probably why they made it free)

What's cool about the way they've given this album away is that, besides MP3s, they've made separate masters for both CD and vinyl, should people want to press their own copies, and there are already all these indie vinyl companies making some wacky limited editions of it.

Speaking of vinyl, they have the most creative vinyl pressings too - their concept album "Murder of the Universe" features a vomiting robot (no, really), so one of the vinyl editions features a vomit-splatter design - it's pretty sweet!


They also have some of the craziest, most creative videos I've ever seen:



On top of all that, they put on a killer live show - but good luck getting tix, since they play fairly small venues and have a rabid following, their shit sells out QUICK!

Anyhoo, check 'em out! And with the new free album (not to mention their albums are all on youtube), you have no reason not to.

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I’ve been thinking anting to hear these guys after I saw they’re releasing their stuff on a label, blood music, that releases a lot of bands I like. Thanks for sharing. I’m gonna get that download and listen.

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Whoa! Primus and Iron & Wine hopped in a time machine to 1972 and joined up with Camel - prog Heaven!?!

Loved that free album. Went and order the puke variant of Murder the Universe. Been eye balling it since mentioned in the vinyl thread!

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"Murder of the Universe" is probably my least favorite album of theirs, mostly due to it having some excessive narration - being a concept album, it's trying to tell a story, so there's a lot of talking that gets in the way of the music. On one side it's a woman, the other side is a robot.

My favorite album of theirs, so far, is "Nonagon Infinity", followed by "I'm in Your Mind Fuzz".

But I honestly think they're all good to great.

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Shit. I’m trying to cancel.

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I've wanted a reason to get into these guys because THAT NAME, but now hearing the music and knowing a bit more I am fully intrigued. I'll likely download their discography and go wild for a couple weeks.

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All their albums in their entirety are on youtube if you wanna sample before getting their vinyl records. Speaking of which, their vinyl records are of impeccable quality, perfectly mastered with good dynamic range.

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That's awesome! They're actually very well priced too so I am happy to get some - but I wish I hadnt started with their worse. I couldnt cancel in time (first time Prime gets me! lol) I hate talking in albums so we'll see.

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Thank you for starting this thread. Someone mentioned them to me and I forgot to check them out, this was a welcome reminder.

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Tribute to their fellow countryman...

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This guy from the Steve Hoffman Forums is doing a nice release of the new album on vinyl and is using it as a launching pad for a new record reissue label: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...lygondwanaland

With a shipping a copy of the record ends up being $25 which seems fair for a 2x45 LP.

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That's pretty cool, and I would've gone for it, but I already went with this one, as Vinyl Moon has really good quality stuff and it's the same price, though a single 33 LP.

There gonna be so many pressing of this record out there, and KG&LW's own label is eventually doing some too.

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Yeah, there are a few to choose from. I highlighted that one specifically because it’s the unedited album (apparently the vinyl master was edited for time to fit into a single 33 RPM record), and so they edited back in the missing portions from the CD master, and also because it will help this guy start his new label.

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So finally heard Murder of the Universe and really dug it!! Especially if ya take it as a spoken word album lol. But that one was like Mars Volta took that time machine and hooked up with Hawkwind - very cool release. So I am wanting more.

Now I’m looking to get “poly blah blah blah” on vinyl. Looking for an affordable one to pop up though.

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Ive been jamming to Poly a shitload and really like it - contender for album of the year. Amazon finally has a preorder for it at $20 so I preordered! Its from the label Blood Music and I get from them quite a bit. It does not state the variant though so I hope its an awesome one.

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Their last album was so... last month! :lol:

Here are new tracks from their 5th and final album of the year.




*edit: updated bad youtube link

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Thanks for posting this, never heard of them .. but I am enjoying them now.

Always cool to learn about a new band (or at least new to me)

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Their fifth and final album for 2017, Gumboot Soup is now available to pre-order from the ATO site.

Vinyl comes in either "greenhouse heat death" or a limited "gumbo stew" colored vinyl...

https://static.musictoday.com/store/...um/ATLP218.JPG https://static.musictoday.com/store/...um/ATLP219.JPG

You can listen to the whole album here on Bandcamp (or on the youtube clip above):
https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/gumboot-soup

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Damn that concept greenhouse looks awesome!

Ill admit I heard this a few days ago and it was pretty lackluster. It seems nothing has that magic that Poly had

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I think Gumboot is made up of songs they recorded for the other 4 albums of 2017 that didn't quite fit in with them - so it's kinda like their "Coda" of unreleased cast-off, so it's not going to be as strong.

Though I still like it better than Murder of the Universe, what with all that narration.

BTW, tickets go on sale Friday for their upcoming US tour - these sell out QUICK!!!


https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...f5&oe=5AED4FE8

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Youre probably spot on there. Im hearing the album again and it is very eclectic in themes. And fuck would love to see them live but theyre not stopping awhere in my neck of the woods :mad: I will be taking a roadtrip to Texas during summer and would love to catch the Austin show, but thatll be stretching it!

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Ended up getting tix to they San Diego gig (they were on sale earlier than the rest for some reason).
LA's closer, but I figure a trip to San Diego and back on a Friday would be easier than a trip to LA on a Thursday.
Oh, and the capacity for the San Diego venue is only around 1K, as opposed to the Hollywood Palladium, which is almost 4K.

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Wow, the LA show, and most others, sold out in like seconds, and yet there's tix left for San Diego, which is way smaller than most of those other venues. Must be due to San Diego being such a shithole... ;)

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I still see tickets left for LA and plenty of other markets. Not sure what you're talking about.

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They were unavailable earlier this morning when they first went on sale, maybe they added more after the initial rush.

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Pretty cool stuff from the Vinyl Moon Kickstarter - I especially like the art for the booklet

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../posts?lang=de

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Whoa! How do I get that variant??!

I just got Nonagon Infinity for $10 on amazon! Super excited! I have Poly on order from Amazon but its a standard black vinyl coming from Blood Music. I love Blood Music but would rather have a colored variant. Looks like Amazon has ANOTHER listing coming straight from ATO Records that I may get and chance it being that tri-color variant.... but its a touch more expensive. Ugh Decisions

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Saw these guys last night in San Diego - great, 1K-capacity venue. They sounded great (perfect volume/mix), and they were so freaking tight - couldn't believe how tight they were considering they're 7 people playing some crazy ass songs. Stu had to stop mid-song a few times to break up a fight, and/or stop people from hurting each other down in the pit at the foot of the stage (fucking San Douche-iego!), but otherwise, it was a great show. Highly recommend catching these guys if you get a chance.

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Man, still haven’t seen these guys live (I’m usually 5+ hours from any place they’d play). But been slowly getting more and more of their releases.

Love this band!!!

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Heads up, tomorrow, through their Flightless/ATO record labels, they're re-issuing their first 4 out of print albums. The first 5K of each will be some wacky color limited edition, after that, black.

I'm actually not too big a fan of their early work - I find it to be a tad erratic and bit grating. For me, they didn't really hit their stride until their 5th album, "I'm in Your Mind Fuzz".

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Have been a fan of these guys (OK, <i>Nonagon Infinity</i>) for years. Will consider seeing them live.

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After some technical glitches, their re-pressings of their early albums are available NOW!

If you don't want to pay Australian import prices, ATO should have their own pressings in a month or two.

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New album, "Fishing For Fishies" is out in a couple weeks!

https://static.musictoday.com/store/...00/ATLP281.jpg

Songs released so far makes for a pretty eclectic album.

One track is kinda old-school techno/disco - not unlike Kraftwerk...



Title track is a psychedelic acoustic tune...



And newest released track is a bit of a groovy boogie number...



They just keep pushing themselves it seems.

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12 Bar Bruise was pretty much their first album, and a straight up, lo-fi garage rock album in every sense.
Heck, it was recorded on iPhones! Not only have they grown exponentially as a band since then, but also as songwriters.

I mean, compare 12-Bar to this new song that they just put out (which is not from the album coming this month, but from their supposed "metal" album coming later this year)...



Still remind you of Pink Floyd? ;)

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Glad this thread exists, never heard of these guys before ... really enjoying them now. So thanks!

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Only The Gizz can have a press release so bonkers...

"King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have today shared a MUST SEE video for a completely new track titled Self-Immolate in which each band member of the band is burnt alive in a satanic ritual."

More thrash goodness!

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The Gizz announce their new THRASH album!

⁣INFEST THE RATS’ NEST
Album XV
Will be released August 16th, 2019.
Pre-order June 25th 9am AEST.

1 - PLANET B
2 - MARS FOR THE RICH
3 - ORGAN FARMER
4 - SUPERBUG
5 - VENUSIAN 1
6 - PERIHELION
7 - VENUSIAN 2
8 - SELF-IMMOLATE
9 - HELL

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/13...g?v=1561417259
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/13...g?v=1561417215

And the 3rd new song from the album - even more thrash goodness!

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Hell yea, this is awesome stuff.