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KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD – 9PM
CURFEW – 11PM
Geelong’s insuppressible King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard have not only announced the release of their next album,Flying Microtonal Banana, but also the release of FOUR further albums in 2017.
Flying Microtonal Banana,released on Heavenly Recordings onFriday February 24th2017was recorded at the band’s own studio in Brunswick East, Melbourne, in the summer of 2016.
The band have also recently unveiledRattlesnake,the first track to be taken from the album.
Already known for their prodigious work-ethic, the band will then release a further four albums in 2017 – details of which will be announced in due course.
Talking about the making ofFlying 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 Bananatakes a subtle musical shift away from the frazzled freak-beat of its predecessor,Nonagon Infinitywhich was released earlier this year. 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 the 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 and recently released their Bootleg Holiday From Helldocumentary, which chronicles seven tours over two years in two hours. Watch it HERE
