Flying Microtonal Banana

1. PolentaVenenosa

   Oct 16, 2020

   10

   Ä Psychedelic experience with arabic tunes and heavy riffs. An excelent experimental album going completely outside the mainstream.

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2. alphabetdisas

   Nov 2, 2018

   9

   K.G.L.W luce una nueva combinación de sonidos que contrastan con un entorno desértico y psicodelico que es notable en varias de susK.G.L.W luce una nueva combinación de sonidos que contrastan con un entorno desértico y psicodelico que es notable en varias de sus canciones, comparado con la psicodelia de extraña estructura de su álbum oddments, se nota que sus sonidos son mas pulidos y menos desordenados, dando a entender que hay una mejor sucesión pasando el tiempo de su sonido tan característico. Esta banda se ha probado con el pasar de las décadas, probando la voluntad frente a las nuevas propuestas musicales que desvían el rumbo de las bandas y las hacen esclavos de ese cambio tan radical, siendo king gizzard and the lizzard wizard fiel a king gizzard and the lizzard wizzard en todo momento, que en vez de cambiar de genero, moderniza y perfecciona su arte para purificarla de una manera que se alcance una total maestría en todos los campos de la psicodelia.
   
   Tras este prologo fuera de contexto del extraño mundo de flying microtonal banana, es hora de recorrer los pasajes de sonidos que llevan al álbum a una muy buena posición dentro K.G.L.W.
   
   La creación de una experiencia desconcertante y realmente experimental: Sus canciones son una forma de buscar una nueva sensación que atrapa y desconcertante al espectador, hasta acabar el track, donde simplemente se prepara para redirigir el sonido con otro track, que puede se algo insatisfactorio o una muestra de la exquisitez de su excéntrico álbum en 4 u 8 minutos de música resaltan te con sus contemporáneos.
   
   La maestría que impulsa la percepción del sonido y se convierte en algo mágico: Anteriormente, era una referencia al conjunto de su obra, pero en este momento, K.G.L.W ha conformado un experimento, donde lo transforman de una forma que puede saciar el hambre de los fanáticos con la maestría del sonido, donde melting es una extraordinaria obra que cumple su objetivo, con su sonido excéntrico que referencia a un potente pincel de creatividad. Rattlesnake, también encaja en esta descripción, actuando como prologo del disco donde se referencia al estilo del álbum, como work this time lo hace en oddments, como crying, es sinónimo de melting, al estilo tame impala. Billabong valley es una obra de arte que recorre una exquisita psicodelia muy característica, ligada a el clima desértico de su álbum, pero alejada del mismo, lo que ha pasado en muchos álbumes, como borrego en re de cafeta tacvba, obra de metal en un álbum de música regional mexicana y rock. Lo que me lleva a pensar en como la banda puede ser original y peculiar en sus canciones que pueden ser tan cercanas pero tan lejanas del concepto del álbum, lo que se llama experimentación, porque al fin y al cabo, es mezclar dos sonidos diferentes para formar algo nuevo, donde llegamos de nuevo a referencia al conjunto de la obra otra vez, hasta esta critica gira y repite la idea principal, como lo hace K.G.L.W. lo que le da unos cuantos puntos al álbum, explicando lo que lo hace fascinante.
   
   La experiencia de los integrantes como fuente de su sonido: Es decir, estos integrantes han estado 6 años brindando un talento que los ha llevado a consolidarse como los mesías actuales de la psicodelia, ha pasado con varias, primero con the beatles, luego con pink floyd, después llego iron butterfly con innagada la vida, años después, llegaría tame impala con su increíble innerspeaker, acabando con lonerism y ahora empieza una nueva era de la psicodelia que esta remarcada por estos genios experimentales. Sin embargo, el prologo de el nacimiento de flying microtonal banana, podría estar en oddments, porque, porque esta orientada a la psicodelia extraordinaria y experimentación igual que Flying Microtonal banana, la diferencia es la forma en que desarrollan su álbum, uno hace work this time al estilo pink floyd, otro hace una aproximan a la psicodelia de los beatles, uno es orientado a un contexto desértico, el otro a un espacio experimental que se encierra muy bien en algunas canciones.
   
   En conclusión, flying micrtonal banana comienz una nueva era de la psicodelia que llevara el legado de oddments y lo seguirá perfeccionando hasta el punto de crear una semejanza que podría superar a este álbum, si se lo proponen, ahora vamos a esperar un nuevo trabajo que reinicie este juego repetitivo y que signifique una perfección, sino un renacimiento que acceda a una mejor riqueza y supere a sus contemporáneos. Uno de los mejores discos de la psicodelia de la década y el pionero de la nueva época de King gizzard and the lizard wizard, un nombre que estoy orgulloso de nombrar, que continuara el legado de la psicodelia en un primer plano, terminara el trabajo muerto de tame impala y tal vez mucho mejor, la calificación final es de 9.5/100.
   
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4. logan-d-strait

   Feb 2, 2020

   9

   Psychedelic rock could stand accused of being stuck in a dizzying time warp that picks up somewhere in a yard with Clapton and Jeff Beck. ActsPsychedelic rock could stand accused of being stuck in a dizzying time warp that picks up somewhere in a yard with Clapton and Jeff Beck. Acts like Tame Impala, Melody's Echo Chamber, Thee Oh Sees, and Morgan Delt make their living on a retrofied aesthetic coming through the internet information storm, and this is good news for people (like me) who grew up playing that music and to whom rock music is something essentially sacred. Bands like Greta Van Fleet and Joyous Wolf take the Zeppelin a little too literally for my taste, and this brings us nicely to King Gizzard.
   
   On Flying Microtonal Banana, which was conceived on holiday in Turkey, then mostly scrapped, and recorded in the band's first of many manic frenzies afterwards, Gizzard and the Wizard execute a range of stylistic bends. The A-side rides a groovey and jerky krautrock motor in lead single "Rattlesnake" through the Fela-esque tropical flute storm of "Melting" into the aptly-named 70's-riff-oddysey that is "Open Water", with a twist: your traditional rock-and-roll chords and desert melodies of Gizzard's previous hard-rock projects has morphed into modal microtonal music, refining a progressive trick that the boys had first blasted out of their equipment on the A-side of 2016's Nonagon Infinity. The band's translation of oriental modality into a rock format is, it's true, rough at times, as the rolling third track begins to churn into something like "Kashmir", which is in no way a bad thing, and loses some of the enchantment of the utterly-psychedelic keyboard meltdown which proceeds it.
   
   The B-side opens with the single that most resembles the stylistic roots of the album; interviews suggest it's the only song from Stu's holiday which actually made it onto the disc. "Sleep Drifter", which is by far the greatest contribution to the band's live act on Microtonal Banana, renders a love poem in (very nearly) traditional Turkish makam, and has probably the finest production of all the tracks on the record, (which is, for the most part, a little more refined than Nonagon Infinity). The track recalls something from the 13th Floor Elevators' debut, with perhaps Stu's most refined lyricism, drawing apparent inspiration from John Lennon circa-1968.
   
   Ambrose gets one of his finest turns on lead, singing an honest-to-God Bush Ballad over a droning "vegemite western" groove with some rather interestingly-arranged piano. It strikes a kind of somber tone and feeling not heard since, "Sam Cherry's Last Shot", with which it has much it common. Joey's "Anoxia" continues this feeling bold and bluesy, though the lyrical thread begins to break down, with the kind of roach-choking feeling that the title implies, while "Doom City" seems to be an experiment in crafting a sonic weaponized heavy-metal bomb that strikes without context at the opening of a killer set. It's bizarre and apocalyptic scene is allegedly an ode to Chinese smog, and summons some of Sleep's gnarliest doom-rock:
   
   "Spark in firmament; Doom City sky opens up.
   He, the Empyrean, breathes, from his mouth and over tongue,
   charged particles. Doom City air rips me apart.
   Unbelievable; Doom City sky makes him laugh,"
   
   and Joey provides a wicked villain laugh, because this is not your neighborhood's lame punk rock band.
   
   "Nuclear Fusion" continues a trend seen in "Invisible Face > WahWah", if not earlier, of ending albums with a kind of consciously-hyperbolic domer. Perhaps one of the weaker tracks on the disc, it transitions seamlessly into the instrumental coda, a shimmering mandala of zurna, and lute, and congo drum. True to form, the final track fades with the sound of desert winds howling in the distance, creating a perfect circle with the beginning of the album.
   
   The paper CD sleeve features a fun little treatise on Pythagorean tuning and microtonal music, which perfectly essentializes the ethos that King Gizzard had generated in the first five years of their independently-funded and -realized existence. That is, one wonders if the boys know quite what they're talking about.
   
   "Flying Microtonal Banana" is a thoroughly enjoyable listen for anyone who likes to get stoned.… Expand

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5. molecular

   Mar 1, 2017

   8

   While i don't quite get the "microtuned guitars" thing, it seems a bit gimmicky, King Gizzard rocks hard on this album. Their secret weaponWhile i don't quite get the "microtuned guitars" thing, it seems a bit gimmicky, King Gizzard rocks hard on this album. Their secret weapon remains the double drummers that keep things swinging throughout. The green vinyl is nifty too.… Expand

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6. Aniican

   Feb 24, 2017

   8

   While not as driven as their previous project Nonagon Infinity, Flying Mictrotonal Banana is an ambitious album. The album is packed full ofWhile not as driven as their previous project Nonagon Infinity, Flying Mictrotonal Banana is an ambitious album. The album is packed full of interesting sounds and strange melodies. The progressive/experimental sound of this album is worth checking out for both new and old KGATLW listeners.… Expand

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7. Morguein

   Mar 6, 2018

   8

   Difícilmente lo tenían los Asutralianos para hacerse destacar y sorprendernos con algo diferente e innovador después de sacar ese tanDifícilmente lo tenían los Asutralianos para hacerse destacar y sorprendernos con algo diferente e innovador después de sacar ese tan maravilloso "Nonagon infinity" y mas publicando 5 albumes en el mismo año. Pero aún con esas, han sabido buscar nuevas direcciones para elaborar un proyecto fresco y experimental.
   
   -Lo mejor: Melting, Open Water, Nuclear Fusion, Billabong Valey.… Expand

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8. JustinHowell

   Mar 22, 2017

   7

   The story of this album is an incredibly short one: The first half is phenomenal, and the second half is pretty lackluster.
   
   The first 5The story of this album is an incredibly short one: The first half is phenomenal, and the second half is pretty lackluster.
   
   The first 5 tracks (Rattlesnake, Melting, Open Water, Sleep Drifter and Billabong Valley) all contain incredibly well written music. The percussion is especially well done here, and the hooks are epic yet catchy at the same time. My favorite track on this LP is 'Open Water', which is a phenomenal and epic 7 minute song that does a great job of conveying the feeling of being out at sea in the middle of a storm... like a really REALLY excellent job, and the song of course makes references to the emotional equivalent as well... After 'Billabong Valley' however, the album starts to get really half-assed.
   
   The ideas on each song (on the second half) are not cohesive at all. The concepts are incredibly half baked, and the quality of the instrumentation takes a nose dive into territory that's... not that impressive to say the least. For me, this shows that the band's decision to release five albums this year may not end up being a good one, since they may just not have enough ideas to make five fully well done full length LPs.
   
   A new record is - I'm assuming - coming out within the next 2 or 3 months, so we'll see then if this trend of half-bakedness continues. For now though, this record is slightly above average at best, and average at worst, which is disappointing for a Lizard Wizard Album, considering how *great* of a band they normally are.… Expand

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