Probably would pick at least 4 if not all 5 of those. Omnium Gatherum is one i also love more and more each listen. There are maybe 7 more albums in addition that deserve conversation.zeb wrote:Mind Fuzz, Nonagon, Banana, Fishies and Ice Death.
OG is a great album but there are some tracks that don't really resonate with me.liebzz wrote:Probably would pick at least 4 if not all 5 of those. Omnium Gatherum is one i also love more and more each listen. There are maybe 7 more albums in addition that deserve conversation.zeb wrote:Mind Fuzz, Nonagon, Banana, Fishies and Ice Death.
For a band that releases so much music, there are only a handful at most that aren’t essential.
Yes you should.Ello Sailor wrote:Nonagon, Polygon, Rats' Nest, Ice Death and either Omnium or Changes. That last slot is too close to call.
I should spend more time with Mind Fuzz.
Sure does.zeb wrote:So the new single fuckin' rips.
Why do I have to do all your fucking heavy lifting?Ello Sailor wrote:Heaven forbit you two geriatrics put your back out again by actually posting the fucking song.
I never really cared for the narrated parts of this record but when I last saw them live they closed the show with a bunch of MotU stuff and it blew my mind, I really did feel like my soul was leaving my body.liebzz wrote:Murder of the Universe (2017)
I really need some more time with this one, but on first glance, the combination of the heavier Nonagon Infinity sound with some of what seemed like the cadence of Flying Microtonal Bananas, and the narration resulted in this album sounding like someone’s worst Halloween nightmares come true. The first part, Altered Beast, really has a Black Sabbath feel to it almost, along with The Lord of Lightning. There are even callbacks to Nonagon Infinity here, so I can’t be too far off. I wish I had more time to chew on the narration, but I guess in due time in successive Octobers. I almost expected the album to end with that maniacal laughter that closes out Thriller.
Most days of the year The Wheel is my favourite Gizz.liebzz wrote:Gumboot Soup (2017)
Promising 5 albums in 2017 is delivered on New Year’s Eve with Gumboot Soup, maybe the album most like a collection of songs instead of a single thread, really encompassing all they accomplished in 2017. As excited for Polygondwanaland as I was, I enjoyed this one just as much. The songs are awesome, at times evoking late 60s Beatles while others scratching some heavy rock itches. I really loved every song here but really had an immediate connection with All is Known, and The Wheel. That said, if I were making a KGLW playlist, and that would be near impossible, possibly every song here would get serious consideration. A gem of an album even if it is the least focused since Oddments.
The last three minutes of The Land Before Timeland are as otherworldly as Zeus' thunderbolts.liebzz wrote:Made in Timeland (2022)
The first of many albums in this year, Made in Timeland is a cross between EDM and trance like music built around a 60 bpm timing device that ranges from a deep clicking sound to something resembling finger snaps. I happily travel with this band to many places in the last few weeks, though Timeland might be a bridge too far. I mostly feel like this should be playing in the background while I have a conversation with someone or wait for the show to start. It’s not offensive or terrible, just not something I am ever drawn to. Least favorite album of theirs for me thus far.
After hearing select singles between 2017-2019 this is the album where I actually got properly onboard.liebzz wrote:Fishing for Fishies (2019)
Whoops! I thought I posted this, but I must have forgotten. This a particularly humorous in light of the fact that this very well be my favorite album of theirs thus far. This is the second album in a row (after Gumboot Soup) that seems more focused on a collection of really strong songs over a central sonic theme. Fishing for Fishies, Boogieman Sam, The Bird Song, Cruel Millennial, Reals Not Real and This Thing are incredible. This again feels like the center point of their sound and it’s them at their best.
Currently listening to my own homebrew Gizz 2022 record:liebzz wrote:Yeah, I feel like I need to start over again.
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The Dripping TapI’ve listened to Dripping Tap probably 50 times in the last year, and yet it still mostly exists to me as legend. I talk about it the way wizards talk about places no one has seen in a thousand ages.liebzz wrote:This leaves me with The Dripping Tap, an 18 minute epic that is so phenomenal it could have its own post here. Taking one member’s movement, living in it, yelling wooo!, and breaking into a band freakout, and then repeat with a different band member’s space while magically holding it all together cohesively and breezing through so you had no idea you just sat through an 18 minute song? Genius level. Probably one of the top 5 songs I’ve ever heard. Hot damn.
Yeah, I would still say if I had only one song of theirs I could share, that would be it.McParadigm wrote:I’ve listened to Dripping Tap probably 50 times in the last year, and yet it still mostly exists to me as legend. I talk about it the way wizards talk about places no one has seen in a thousand ages.liebzz wrote:This leaves me with The Dripping Tap, an 18 minute epic that is so phenomenal it could have its own post here. Taking one member’s movement, living in it, yelling wooo!, and breaking into a band freakout, and then repeat with a different band member’s space while magically holding it all together cohesively and breezing through so you had no idea you just sat through an 18 minute song? Genius level. Probably one of the top 5 songs I’ve ever heard. Hot damn.