No, this is not a repetitive review. I know you think it's the fourth time I am reviewing Lizzard's record. King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard are the craziest band on the scene, there is no doubt about it anymore. Last Friday, they have released their fourth album this year, and they showed how much they care about their fans by sharing it for free. In my country, when someone is giving out something for free, people think that "something" must be garbage. Lizards are not sane, so it comes as no surprise that their best release of 2017 is for free.
Free download sometimes mean page crushes, and that is what happened with King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard who are generating more and more fans with each of their albums. How to solve this crashing problem? Well, they have shared master editions of their album with fans on alternative locations in the world. They would do anything to please their fans. If you are a real fan, you will also get a vinyl version of Polygondwandaland.
Polygondwandaland continues where past albums have stopped. This is another psychedelic version of hard rock in the most bizarre way. Collaboration with Mild High Club on Sketches of Brunswick East brought them another dose of easy jazz improvisations, which is why solos are incredibly positioned. Opening track Crumbling Castle is a perfect representation of everything King Gizzard's have made so far. Song with over ten minutes duration merges psychedelic, hard rock, progressive, jazz improv, aberrant solos, mystic lyrics... With Rattlesnake, they hit the jackpot, but I believe that Crumbling Castle is their best song this year. Title track has a shtick of South American Andes, while The Castle In The Air plays with electric additions in the style of Star Wars (we are still in the easy psychedelic). Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet sounds like a spin off of futuristic Australian desert session. And so they keep on delivering soundscapes that ar a bit more calm than we are used from them.
This atmospheric quality gives Polygondwandaland new dimension which is certainly an anticlimax, not in a bad context of the word. To conclude, it's everything you expect from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, only two speeds down.
