[2017] Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard

Artist Info:

Album Info:

Track List

Crumbling Castle
Polygondwanaland
The Castle In The Air
Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet
Inner Cell
Loyalty
Horology
Tetrachromacy
Searching...
The Fourth Colour

Run Time - ≈ 43 Minutes 52 Seconds.

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Fun Facts

Polygondwanaland was released freely under the Creative Commons License. This allows anyone to freely download, share, modify, and rerelease the work how they wish.

The name is a blend of "polygon" and "Gondwana", a supercontinent that existed millions of years ago.

Personal Thoughts

I've been meaning to check these guys out for years and I'm glad I finally did. This was a really good listen, I'm excited to check out more of the band's work. My favorite track was Loyalty.

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[-] ArtificialLink@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Such a wonderful unique album from gizz. One of my favorite bands and probably my favorite opener of all their albums.

[-] rustyspoon@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This band was recommended to me because I like stoner rock and doom metal. I made the mistake of listening first to their album Butterfly 3000, which absolutely isn't either of those things and it completely turned me off of them.

Then their most recent album came out and I realized that they're just a really weird eclectic group. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I've been meaning to check out some of their earlier music since then.

[-] Pantoffel@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

People have made entire flowcharts to guide people towards their ideal King gizzard album.

They are so prolific that they have something for everyone. It is important to find the right entry point though.

Their lastest album is more thrash than doom or stoner. I like all three of those genres, but if you are into the doomy kind of stuff they made an excellent track called "great chain of being", which is my favorite track off of the album Gumboot Soup.

[-] chipt4@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Holy shit, I went and checked out petrodragonic thanks to this comment and it blew me away. Thanks!

[-] abir_vandergriff@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Man I love this album so much. I listened to it first in mid-late 2018 and it really sent me down a rabbit hole. Since then, King Gizzard has very much become my undisputed favorite band. Polygondwanaland is still perhaps my favorite album, I go out of my way to make listens extremely special so I don't wear it out for myself.

I think a more recent album that is closest to Polygondwanaland in concept is last year's Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms, and Lava where each song is supposed to use a different Greek musical mode.

[-] Beegzoidberg@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I'm glad you liked it! I love king gizz. You might enjoy I'm Im Your Mind Fuzz, it's my reccomendation for an introduction to them.

I've seen crumbling castles live and it is absolutely crazy how they get you lost in their set.

[-] MutatedBass@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I did enjoy that, thanks for the recommendation! I especially liked Slow Jam 1 and Her And I (Slow Jam 2).

[-] Beegzoidberg@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm glad! Slow jams are some of my favorite slow gizz songs. When they play Satan speeds up live, they break the flute out and it is incredible.

[-] Pantoffel@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I finally got the chance to see them live this year and it was great, like three different sets molded into one.

[-] Pantoffel@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Crumbling castle is my favorite King Gizz song, and this album is definitely in my top three. Glad you liked it, but be prepared to fall down an amazing rabbit hole!