Polygondwanaland Album Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- @KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard just blows me away. Point blank. This is the second album of theirs I've reacted to, the first being "Nonagon Infinity". While I'm currently undecided which I liked better, I can't deny that this was an artistic mind-blower.
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I would love if you made these King Gizzard album reactions a weekly thing.
FFF next!
But Gizz can only make a new album every 2 - 3 weeks so
This is the Gizz masterpiece. The lore alone is enough to create an obsession, the sound will melt your brain. Genius.
"Searching..." has my favorite Gizz line
"My body's not a temple, it is a vessel"
it just goes so hard for me and idk why
Thank you giving your audience positive Affirmations. Saying they matter and such. It honestly helps lol
This album, to me, is musical perfection.
I "discovered" Gizz years ago. I'm not sure of the exact circumstances, but for some reason while playing Borderlands 2, RUclips was playing something much less significant in the background and auto played into Nonagon Infinity. Those 2 things go together like wine and cheese, and for a solid three to four days all of my free time was spent shooting robots to Robot Stop, killing insectoid monsters to Big Fig Wasp, and melting my foes with radiation infused weaponry to Gamma Knife. This was the first memory of Gizz I have, and one that will be seared into my brain for as long as I live. Then, for some reason, I didn't listen to any more of their stuff for about 2 years.
At some point, this album popped up in my recommended. I recalled really liking Nonagon, so I thought: "Why not? I need something to play in the background while doing ~whatever it was I was doing at the time~ anyway?" That "whatever" it was I was doing was dropped pretty damn quick xD I got my headphones out and decided to give this a proper listen. My life hasn't been the same since. This album in particular needs to be experienced with headphones on, eyes closed, and fully swept up into the voyage the music and lyrics lay out before you. I've always been a fan of proggy music. Polyrhythms, odd time signatures, instrumentations and lyrics arranged *just so* as to demand one's attention. Lots of music you can hear and have a good time. This, and lots of other good prog, classical, jazz, etc. absolutely requires you to *listen* .
It's still hard to put into words the euphoric feeling that The Fourth Colour gave me the first time listening to it. A lot of music over the years has given me that sensation of tingles rising from your stomach up to the top of your head, pulling the corners of your mouth up along with them as you cannot help but move along to the rhythm (looking like a spastic doing it with just how much of it is layered on top of itself in this music mind you) and to be lost, totally, in the trance-like state that only the greatest music can lift you into.
Since then, so much of my listening hours have been sunk into anything and everything Gizzy. Honestly, the only thing I can berate this band for, is that I'm having a hard time listening to other stuff nowadays. The output of these guys is just so immense and diverse that, whichever mood I find myself in, whichever genre I want to listen to, 90% of the time, the first thing I land on, Is King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
TLDR: Best band in the world.
It’s probably worth mentioning that this album was released on public domain, yep! Their thanks to the fans
Currently over 300 different pressings 😊
1:41 Crumbling Castle.
19:01 Polygondwanaland.
24:00 The Castle In The Air.
28:09 Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet.
34:13 Inner Cell.
42:09 Loyalty.
49:18 Horology.
54:15 Tetrachromacy.
58:42 Searching...
1:03:45 The Fourth Colour.
Polygondwanaland is Gizz's first proper foray into odd time signatures and polyrhythms. While at first listen it is less embracing than Nonagon, it is in my view more mature and draws the audience to listen more deeply. It is perhaps my most favourite - as of 19/7/23.
Gizzard is music for musicians, you really understand about it, great references, keep the good work.
This album is such a joy to listen to!! If you know a bit about music it's so mindblowing to hear these complex rythms while still sounding so clean. They are really good with their instruments and know what they are doing. And I love seeing someone who can appreciate that ^^
Maybe check out Fishing for Fishies next. Nonagon, Polygon and Fishes are (in my opinion) their most well concieved albums and straight bangers from front to back! (would say Fishies is my favourite though! :))
I had so much fun listening to one of my fav records of all time with you. So cool to see you feel this the same way i did my first time around.
duuuude loved this, the albums are meant to be listened to whole. thx for sharing
If you're into synths and odd rhythms, try Butterfly 3000. There's a music video for each song in the album, and it's one of their most psychedelic albums.
Otherwise I'd recommend Flying Microtonal Banana, get deep into those microtonal sounds.
FMB is one of their best imo, every song is very memorable
Just sad I couldn't attend live, but this is good as well.
Obviously, I have to give out my recommendations for the next time. (Sorry in advance for the length)
If you want to see just how crazy they are in terms of diversity, there are three albums consisting of 'leftover' songs. Now 'leftover' sounds pretty bad, but you have to see it like this: The songs in these albums did not become leftovers because they're bad, but because they didn't fit the very specific ideas of each album. The songs all slap like hell on their own despite being thematically disconnected.
Out of the three, I'd recommend Omnium Gatherum, as it has the biggest amount of diversity and some of my favorite songs, including an 18-minute-no-breaks-thrash-jam that will surely overwhelm you with joy.
However if you lean towards something more thematically connected, I can recommend the following albums:
-If you want something super heavy go for 'Infest The Rats Nest' and 'Petrodragonic Apocalypse' (not using the full name here)
-If you crave a full narrative in the style of 'Nonagon infinity', 'Murder Of The Universe' Is exactly that.
-If you want something more chill after 'The Fourth Color', 'Changes' offers a more jazzy vibe with energetic sections spread throughout (Astroturf is from that album and is one of the more
energetic songs) and one underrated chill album would be 'Paper Mache Dream Balloon' which is entirely analog and features no synths, or pedals at all.
-If (and I promise this is the last one) you want to explore microtonality, you can chose between three albums. 'Microtonal Flying Banana' - their first one, 'KG' and 'LW'.
out of those, 'LW' is my favorite and 'KG' is my least favorite, but you can't really go wrong with any of these.
Okay, this comment became a bit longer than I intended, to the point where this is barely a recommendation and more of a guide. I hope it still helps though!
I really enjoy your content, and even though you stated that your musical background was meagre, listening to your analyses is super interesting and entertaining and I think you underestimate your own understanding of this stuff.
The thing about King Gizzard is that while obviously not everyone will enjoy every single album and even though music is subjective, I dare to say that they don't have a single album that isn't at least good. So whether you decide to follow our recommendations or not, I'm certain you'll enjoy whatever album comes next as much as we enjoy listening along. :D
Love your content mate! I remember when Polygondwanaland dropped and it absolutely blew my mind! I went to Melbourne Gizzfest later that year and saw Crumbling Castle live, phenomenonal!
Besides Murder of the Universe, this album is the heaviest into the gizzverse lore.
Loyalty has got to be the most metal non-metal song ever. Benn listening to this album for awhile, but never dug into the lyrics.
Definitely do Murder Of The Universe next. It's basically Nonagon 2. The Female narrator on Track 3 is all throughout it to.
havent watched the video yet but this is my favorite king gizzard album and i cant wait to see what you think!
edit: what you said about not liking it more, just liking it different, sums up my feelings on the band. they do so many different things its impossible to compare them all
Prolly gunna wanna land.
I had jammed a couple live gizz and became a fan. Decided to wait to hear a full album until I had acid and mushrooms. This was the record I jammed first. When the "I dont want to be a crumbling castle" vocal part hit I just broke down, tears of amazement and joy, as well as fear and truth. It's a stunning album. I've listened to Gizz exclusively since. Been about 6 months now nothing but gizz. Love your reactions, I literally have spent 6 months analyzing Gizz just like you but not on stream or anything. You have a badass musical ear and opinion. Yall gotta trip and listen to them. Just trust me on this one. Fishing and sketches are a completely different thing while tripping. Theres a part on one album that they put the entire song into a box. Theres another album every song comes together at the end. Another one where they light a fuse at the end and it sizzles till it pops. Try listening on lsd or psilocybin or better yet both. Trust me.
I will neither confirm or deny if I have ALREADY done this.
@@walterooski ❤🙏🤹♂️ My brother! At the end I kept say "Im prolly gunna wanna land soon" dunno if you caught that or if I was just trippin. Keep it up brother we love ur work!
I think you would love Flying Microtonal Banana, their first full dive into Microtonal music. Keep up the amazing work these reactions are fantastic!
He would appreciate the middle eastern tunings. It's a top album. Rattlesnake, Open Water etc👌
I wanted to catch the stream live but i was unable, im glad you got it up on youtube tonight! Keep the gizz reactions rolling brother!
1:06:12 this section blew my fucking mind. Shit sounds like extra-dimensional Beach Boys.
I hear crumbling castle motifs on evil river. Crumbling castle was the song i wanted to see most at red rocks 22. They teased it two nights and made us wait for 3 weeks to get it 😂
this is great man!!! i've listened to this album like a thousand times and i still react the same way, they're amazing!
Do Laminated Denim next
As a psychonaut (who's favorite bands are literally "Psychonaut" and King Gizzard and All Them Witches) I can confirm I gizz differently. I'd go as far as saying the gizz do "me" differently. Peace & Love, I have to catch your glorious self on twitch! Finally the reaction to this album I was "searching..." for. My dude, I can't tell you how important this record is to my existance. It makes me feel understood, whole, wild, calm, mystified and most important of all: sane. Thanks to music like this, I still feel sane in this wild ride of existance!
It is always a pleasure to see the 4th color (or be reminded how to)
Love your passion!
Look forward to watching your journey and suggest any of last year’s albums, laminated Denim being my personal fav
I had a long drive home one night after work and I listened to this the whole way through. That's when I got hooked.
was really fun seeing you enjoy this
I have sat through this album and listened intently many times and am never bored. Top 5 album for me
1:07:53 yeah totally!
Should note; Lucas hasn't written many bass lines up through this time. Most everything is being written by Stu, Lucas just plays what was written. The newer stuff, Lucas writes his own lines.
I'm glad to hear I'm not the only person blown away by The Fourth Colour. Crumbling Castle never gets old too
lol they have the vinyl "Hello." in the lyrics?
sick album. I see you like the bass, they really cooked with that
I’d recommend murder of the universe next
As a collector of Gizz, Crumbling Castle is my favourite track by them if someone were to ask ha ha. Wishbone Ash tones for me with the twin guitars.
I'm not a lyric guy. This is revelatory. The Hello at the end was from the cyborg in Nonagon Infinity but you now know that presumably? Great content man
Rewatching this super late (or early) in my timezone. I wont watch the whole thing now, just a bit of it, but I really wish Spotify's lyrics were correct. It makes the story easier to follow (that's what I'd say if I knew the story.)
Edit: man, I need to relisten to this album more. It just sounds so good.
sept23, i still think this is their masterpiece.
welcome to the club!
I love this album
Too bad I couldn't make the stream this time, this is one of my favorites!
So for a single song you should totally do Grim Reaper, preferably live. Bonnaroo or any of the 2023 ones are killer.
As for full album, I think it’s time for a switch up with Changes!
Best band in the world!!
GOOD MORNING HAN TYUMI!
More full KGLW reviews please!
they were not prodigies when they formed. they were all ok at their instruments when they formed but they constantly toured and got ridiculously good.
Murder of the universe or Butterfly 3000 next
this might be theyr obra prima, the best album.
sadly the lyrics on Spotify aren't always accurate
2:47
its supposed to be "Eavesdrop" not "listen"