It’s absolutely normal to expect the weird and the wonderful each time those prolific Australian psychedelicists, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard release a new album. Yet, guitars are also pretty much expected to be somewhere in the mix. Not so with Alien Metal: their 28th album in 14 years.
Fuelled by Joey Walker’s recent synthesizer obsession, Alien Metal apparently evolved from an extended seamless Eurorack jam that took in techno, breakbeat, house and the electronic end of prog rock to make something that is part thumping hardcore foot-stomper and part tripped out hard-spinner. However, while this may be something of an unexpected left turn for the Melbourne six-piece, the sound on this new disc is still very much their own. So, it’s unlikely to…
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You don’t have to be a King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard expert to be expert in their antics. The psychedelic six-piece have gained a reputation for creating prolifically, touring relentlessly, and building a world of die-hard followers of their world-building.
For their 27th album in 14 years, the most radical thing King Gizzard can do at this point in their career is question its sustainability — or work with a 24-piece orchestra. On the lush and melancholy Phantom Island, the Melbourne band do both, creating their most vulnerable, intimate record in the process.
…thematically, Phantom Island is oddly akin to ’60s trucker country, where behind every whiskey-fuelled ramble with the boys lies…