KGLW Vinyl & CDs

Review: The epic twists, turns and trysts of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard continue apace as they mint their 21st album. For a band who formed in 2010, that's a lot of work, and yet somehow these precociously talented pscyhonauts never miss. There's a breezy, joyous lilt to this latest opus as 'Mycelium' opens up proceedings, setting us off on a jammed-out journey through seven pieces built around the seven Greek modes (musical scales). If you're already hip to the freewheeling sound of these modern day freak-beaters, then you know you're going to love this one already. Long live the kings!

Review: It's hard to side with anyone that goes in hard on enigmatic epic metallers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. When a band releases 24 studio albums you know they're sure of themselves and cult followers are almost guaranteed to support every release. When those releases come with names like PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation you also know the band don't really care for people who take things too seriously. There's always been an interesting juxtaposition between the Gizzard's tongue in cheek persona - even the band name smacks of wry humour - and the music itself, though, and this outing is no different. Sprawling guitar-fuelled arrangements that owe as much to post punk as psychedelic and prog reign supreme, making for another powerhouse outing you can love or feel indifferent towards, but never legitimately hate.