Infest the Rats’ Nest is adventurous but certainly not one for the psych rock purists. While profound in its messaging, the thrash and bash becomes tiring. A full throttle metal assault that leaves listeners battered and bruised at its closure, the nine-track release continues the band’s quest to inform the masses of our inevitable doom. King Gizzard’s most recent studio album, Infest the Rats’ Nest, is the band’s heaviest. It’s fun and bubbly, but far from testing. Fishing for Fishies (2019)Īfter taking 2018 off from releasing a record, King Gizzard were a bit slow to get out of the blocks in 2019, releasing the laborious canter, Fishing for Fishies. It was the first of two albums that year and saw the band adorn a blues-infused sound that could’ve seen them set up their kit on Cable Beach and strum away to some sun-struck passersby. As we celebrate what’s been a joyous ride at Nowhere Special, it’s time to open up the archives and see how Eyes Like The Sky, 12 Bar Bruise and the rest stack up, cos it’s only just. So here we stand, 15 albums in and ten years down. They show no fear, which can be a lesson to all budding musicians – give it a crack, who gives a fuck what comes back. Fifty years on and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are carrying the legacy with their eyes open not shut. The capability of psychedelic blues was untaught, but for The Grateful Dead, it was a reflex, and people followed. The public criticism was poised, yet they were silenced, as the music preceded any means for censure.įor 30 years, the Californian space-mongers uncapped the unrestrained potential of previously thought one-dimensional genres. The Grateful Dead didn’t give a fuck as they released 18 studio albums in 14 years. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are what The Grateful Dead were in the ’60s – outrageously motivated, lyrically inspired and almost reckless in their musical wanderings. Words by Tom Parker Let’s take a look back at the band’s discography.
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