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I see through the bricks, to the sea, crumbling castle
Water's rising up, thick and green, crumbling castle
Inching closer each century, crumbling castle
Are we safe in our citadel? So I'm not sure if I've mentioned it here before on FA, but last year I kinda became a crazy King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard fan.
I mean, can you blame me? They promised a whooping 5 full length albums at the beginning of last year, and boy did they deliver (with the final one being released on new Year's Eve!). All 5 albums are unique and different with central themes and ideas behind each record. I've seen them twice in concert in the past year, both of which were amazing and surprisingly quite different (well I guess they did release 3 albums between the two shows I caught...)
Since I've really taken a liking to their music, I wanted to draw a little something. So I chose from the one album from last year that everyone should own. LITERALLY, everyone! Why you ask? Because it was released for FREE to anyone who wants to download it from their website! I am talking about the album Polygondwanaland.
I hesitate to call it my favorite from last year, but that's just because I really enjoyed them all for very different reasons. The opening track for this album "Crumbling Castle" though is something special though. A nearly 11 minute epic that really sets the stage well for what's coming on the rest of the album. The album is broken into 4 parts or stories (with Crumbling being the first), so one day I might draw the other parts too...
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All of King Gizzard's albums are extremely varied and I really can't urge you enough to go check out this amazing Ausie band. Because of their sheer variety in style don't get discouraged if your first impression isn't a positive one. They have some punk music; metal, psychedelic, surf rock, prog, pop, folk, jazz, and they even did the music accompaniment for an audio book once.
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I adored "Flying Microtonal Banana", dug the jazzy one... but the other three were "take it or leave it for me". So I'm not sure if this experiment fully took off. But generally I'm happy that a band/artist can still be be so prolific these days. Until more recently at least an album per year was the norm. Now you can call yourself lucky if you get ONE every four years or so. Geez, that's a timespan between two different schools! ^^'' So more power to them!
I feel like their large shifts between albums really can result in some listeners polarized on different albums.
Like for me "Sketches of Brunswick East" didn't leave a strong first impression, so that's why it's the one I've probably listened to the least from last year (although I definitely got more out of it after repeated listens).
While I liked "Murder of the Universe", it's definitely the one from the year that feels the most polarizing because of its over reliance on the narrative and lengthy spoken word segments, which makes it feel a little bogged down and more of a hybrid between music and an audio book.
I think the reason I liked "Polygondwanaland" so much was because I thought it really handled its narrative elements well. Unlike "Murder..." it seemed to balance the story bits better while weaving in unique polyrhythms and musical shifts.
As for "Gumboot Soup", I though it was a nice way to finish off a long productive year. With so many high concept ideas for each album, it just felt right to have several bits and pieces of each wrapped together in more approachable package. It might end up being their least memorable and the songs may have initially been just outtakes from each project, but their lyrics tend to lean more into the realm of pop and their older wackier sense of humor that's been absent from their more recent "serious" works.
But hey, that's just my opinion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(It'll still take something fierce to replace my favorite "Paper Mâché Dream Balloon")
Like for me "Sketches of Brunswick East" didn't leave a strong first impression, so that's why it's the one I've probably listened to the least from last year (although I definitely got more out of it after repeated listens).
While I liked "Murder of the Universe", it's definitely the one from the year that feels the most polarizing because of its over reliance on the narrative and lengthy spoken word segments, which makes it feel a little bogged down and more of a hybrid between music and an audio book.
I think the reason I liked "Polygondwanaland" so much was because I thought it really handled its narrative elements well. Unlike "Murder..." it seemed to balance the story bits better while weaving in unique polyrhythms and musical shifts.
As for "Gumboot Soup", I though it was a nice way to finish off a long productive year. With so many high concept ideas for each album, it just felt right to have several bits and pieces of each wrapped together in more approachable package. It might end up being their least memorable and the songs may have initially been just outtakes from each project, but their lyrics tend to lean more into the realm of pop and their older wackier sense of humor that's been absent from their more recent "serious" works.
But hey, that's just my opinion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(It'll still take something fierce to replace my favorite "Paper Mâché Dream Balloon")
I Love I Love My Vegemite! :) Since I've been new to the Gizzverse, I'm taking all of the stuff in and realizing that, like one reviewer mentioned, "I listen by mood". Brunswick East has gotten the least amount of listens because I can't get tired of everything else. Paper Mache is to me... Trap Door Trap Door which reminds me by lyrical content only of the Dead Kennedys "Halloween".
Jethro Tull is probably my all-time favorite classic rock band, and Paper Mâché kinda reminds me of what I like about Tull's sillier side. I also just really love softer pysch, acoustic music ^^
I definitely change up which album I'm listening to depending on my mood, but they're all really solid :D
I definitely change up which album I'm listening to depending on my mood, but they're all really solid :D
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