Flight b741: Recycled Black Wax Vinyl LP

Label: (p)doom Records
Release Date: 9th August

I've done a lot of these King Gizzy write ups since starting this shop in 2020 and you always set yourself to have a pretty good idea of what Gizzard sound like and then they spin on a dollar buck and chuck you in a new glam rock southern fried country boogie spin. 

For their 26th album, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard swap the widescreen concepts of their recent albums for the intimacy of six good friends collaborating on the most bonhomie-laden set they’ve yet committed to wax. For Flight b741, bandleader Stu Mackenzie says King Gizzard “wanted to make something that was primal, instinctual, more ‘from the gut’ – just people in a room, doing what feels right. We wanted to make something fun.”

Tapping into the country-fried 70s American rock on which they were all raised – along with the ornery garage-rock roots from which their mighty discography sprang – Flight b741 is lightning caught inside a bottle. Across its 10 ragged, glorious barnburners, King Gizzard flesh out rough skeletons of songs with their inspired improvisations, inimitable grooves and a unique pass-the-mic approach to vocals that saw every member of the band raise their voice and sing. “We’re having a lot of fun, but we’re often singing about some pretty heavy shit,” Mackenzie adds, “and probably hitting on some deeper, more universal themes than usual. It’s not a sci-fi record, it’s about life and stuff. But the record is like a really fun weekend with your mates, you know? Like, proper fun.”

TRACKLIST

SIDE A
A1. Mirage City
A2. Antarctica
A3. Raw Feel
A4. Field of Vision
A5. Hog Calling Contest

SIDE B
B1. Le Risque
B2. Flight b741
B3. Sad Pilot
B4. Rats In The Sky
B5. Daily Blues