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16 April 2025
Photo by Maclay Heriot
A couple of days Australian marathon psych-rockers KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD told us in a press statement that they recorded a full LP with an orchestra simultaneously with their 2024 album Flight b741.
British historical keyboardist, conductor, and arranger
Chad Kelley helped flesh out tracks that needed more
gestation.
Stu Mackenzie: ““He brings this wealth of musical awareness to his chameleon-like arrangements. We come from such different worlds. He plays Mozart and Bach and uses
the same harpsichords they did, and tunes them the exact same way. But he’s obsessed with microtonal music, too, and all this nerdy stuff like me. A lot of love and time and energy and patience and growth went into this one. Can’t wait to grow wings and fly with all of you.”
New album artwork
It’s their 27th in 15 years, called PHANTOM ISLAND, and it comes
from down under to the world on June 13th. Pre-order info here.
The title track was already launched back
in October and here’s comes appetizer #2.
DEADSTICK is a steaming and swirling,
60s-echoing, rocker spiced with an army
of horns.
BIG TUNE! BIG FUN!