Daily noise that works faster than a stream of caffeine
14 May 2025
Photo by Maclay Heriot
As communicated before Australian inexhaustible prog-psych-rock squad
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD have recorded a full album with an
orchestra, simultaneously with the making of their 2024 album Flight b741.
It’s their 27th full lenght in 15 years, named PHANTOM ISLAND,
and it will make our ears happy from June 13th on.
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
Today we get the 3rd preview with GROW WINGS AND FLY.
A pretty surprising piece starting all poppy and bubbly, juiced
with strings and flute, before heading to a charged up finale.
KG & TLW are reinventing themselves once again.
Wake up people, open your
window and fly down under.