King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard has confirmed particulars for its second album of 2023, the electronic-dominated The Silver Wire, which is a companion of types to its metal-leaning PetroDragonic Apocalypse or Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. Per an Instagram post, the seven-track venture shall be accessible in each a daily and “prolonged” version on Oct. 27, with pre-orders going dwell on Oct. 12.
“It’s positively synth-y,” group member Joey Walker advised SPIN of The Silver Cord, which jumps off from the digital vibes of the remotely assembled pandemic-era album Butterfly 3000. “You possibly can draw comparisons in some ways, however simply within the nature of us being in the identical room and enjoying and writing collectively, it’s vastly totally different than Butterfly.”
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Frontman Stu Mackenzie beforehand advised SPIN of the album vis-a-vis its relation to PetroDragonic, “I most likely wouldn’t use the time period ‘companion piece’ myself as a result of I’m considering of it like they’re two information with fully totally different DNA and fully totally different personalities.” Drummer Michael “Cavs” Cavanagh additionally advised SPIN he’s enjoying a Nineteen Eighties Simmons digital drum package on The Silver Wire, which he describes as having “disco and Kraftwerk vibes.”
The album cowl leaves little doubt concerning the music therein, because the group’s six members are posed inside a fort of classic synthesizers sporting all black clothes and pink, Kraftwerk-style sun shades.
King Gizzard continues to require bigger and bigger venues to accommodate its quickly rising fan base, and to that finish will play 4 three-hour “marathon” exhibits in North America in 2024 at outside venues, together with its greatest present but on Sept. 14 on the 21,600-capacity Gorge Amphitheater in George, Wa. A full itinerary, which is able to embrace a bunch of worldwide concert events in Europe and South America, has but to be introduced.
Right here is the monitor listing for The Silver Wire:
“Theia”
“The Silver Wire”
“Set”
“Chang’e”
“Gilgamesh”
“Swan Music”
“Extinction”
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