If you're new to the funked up world of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard... then strap yourself in. It's a wild ride: one that you'll either not want to get off of, or one that you'll wish was over quicker. It's a unique experience, but be warned, they're not to everyone's tastes.

This Australian beast of a band with a bear of a name and a thick herd of band members delivers many things to us on this warped song cycle - a skeleton of propulsive kraut-beat fleshed out with a liberal dose of citric sweetness, flutes and harmonicas bleeding through the mix often and welcomingly, tons of wah and a hero’s journey/Heavy Metal early '80s fantasy sort of vibe, and many lovely left turns into psychedelic mellowing, both groovily and sometimes with just a dash of DMT dread. The whole thing is just gooey with tape manipulations, phase shifts, and saturations, but there are clearly many tasty tidbits that bubble to the top, and they’re sticky.

The album contains 10 tracks (41 min, 58 sec) of pure original and unashamed in-your-face weirdness. It's like a modern take on funkadelic pop, but with a more mainstream appeal.

Whether you're a fan or not... one thing is certain, this will be an experience you won't forget in a hurry.

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Nick Smithson