Restless Australian psych-rock crew King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have always released music at a rapid pace -- their most recent album, Nonagon Infinity, came out back in April -- but they've just announced an ambitious plan to release five studio albums in 2017, starting with one called Flying Microtonal Banana on 2/24. Each one of the albums is based around a different sonic experiment, and this first one is their first foray into microtonal tuning.
"Earlier this year we started experimenting with a custom microtonal guitar our friend Zak made for Stu," drummer Eric Moore explained in a press release. "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."
The first single from the album is a 8-minute nervous puncher named "Rattlesnake," and it comes with a video directed by Jason Galea. Watch and listen and check out all the album details below.
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Tracklist:
01 "Rattlesnake"
02 "Melting"
03 "Open Water"
04 "Sleep Drifter"
05 "Billabong Valley"
06 "Anoxia"
07 "Doom City"
08 "Nuclear Funion"
09 "Flying Microtonal Banana"
Flying Microtonal Banana is out 2/24 via ATO. Pre-order it here.
