![]() It was well-built, the boat rocked me into sleep and I floated through a deep dream, smooth sailing through the castle in the air.” “T he river opened her mouth and spat into a vast sea larger and bluer than a cloudless sky. “The Castle in the Air” is introduced through spoken word by Leah Senior who featured on the King Gizzard album “Murder of the Universe.” Polygondwanaland feels like a real place. They even use a lovely acoustic guitar solo accompanied by a flute. This song actually reminds me a bit of Tenacious D again when JB “travels” to the land of the Sasquatch, but obviously this song is a bit more serious than that. We are taking into the world of Polygondwanaland which is mystical and psychedelic. The word “ Polygondwanaland” isn’t as hard to say as it seems actually. ![]() ![]() The title track “ Polygondwanaland” is harmonically clever and catchy. How do humans write this sort of music? It’s genius. As all the instruments basically die at 9.05 to this weird sounding Black Sabbath part which is heavy and dark. It gets to a part where it’s at its peak (8.54) with the bass fully driving the song… this is definitely a proper head banging moment. This experimental song feels like it’s just gonna end every 2 minutes but they keep building it up again and again. The bass and drums tick away to give this really weird psychedelic fuzz. You can actually see a castle on their album cover of “I’m In Your Mind Fuzz” but the castle isn’t crumbling. The production of this song is right up in your face. We kick off the album with “ Crumbling Castle” which takes us on a psychedelic trip through its concept of, well, a castle crumbling. It’s weird cause you’d think as it’s their 12th studio album that they’ve released, they’ve probably showcased their best stuff by now, but King Gizzard just keep surprising everyone with fresh new brilliant songs.ĭo they have the “ Pick of Destiny” that Tenacious D had to write their masterpieces in the hit film Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny? Who knows, but I don’t care, King Gizzard are incredible (and I’d love for them to make a film.) I really look up to King Gizzard for doing this because it’s different and in a way, a lovely gesture, but obviously this review isn’t on that concept of the album, it’s about the MUSIC itself. Is this album going to be as good as their other stuff or just plain bad? Well… it’s bloody brilliant. When I heard that they were releasing an album for free and for everybody to have, there was a little bit of doubt in me. Makes tapes, make CDS, make records.” Is this a statement? Are the lads after something? Or are they literally just being kind? But on a serious note what the lads are trying to do is to try to engage with music in a “different” way. ![]() Free to download and if you wish, free to make copies. ![]() “King Gizzard” released this album on the 17th November with the description “ This album is FREE. They’ve promised to release five albums this year, and my god, I actually believe them now. With already releasing three albums this year, it still surprises me of how many songs they must have in their back catalog. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are back after not releasing music in three months (that’s actually a long time in King Gizzard world…) Polygondwanaland is a mouthful, but physically and mentally, it’s some of K ing Gizzard’s best work. Well, that’s a word you wouldn’t be able to say while drunk… ![]()
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