Last chapter of the King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard saga from 2017.

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (Flightless, December 31, 2017)

On December 31, the work was completed, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard hit five for five by releasing the last album of 2017: "Gumboot Soup" (Flightless). It’s been an unprecedented year for the band led by Stu McKenzie, who has certainly written one of the most significant chapters in the psychedelic rock genre of recent years, apparently before taking a break (as it seems...) to rest after the super-productivity they've demonstrated up to this point. In summary, out of five albums, I would say that "Flying Microtonal Banana" and "Sketches of Brunswick East" are two little gems, but the quality level is still very high, and this album here is no exception, even if it was received more lukewarmly by listeners and critics who may have unjustly felt they had had enough after listening to the previous four. Instead, this album is not only very beautiful, but it also offers additional insights that don't come so much from the more typically "freak-psychedelic" tracks ("Greenhouse Heath Death," "Muddy Water," "The Great Chain of Being," "All Is Known") or from jazz fusion moments similar to those of "Sketches..." like "Superposition," "The Last Oasis," or "The Wheel." I think instead of this almost pop-soul psychedelic sound of songs like "Beginner's Luck," "Barefoot Desert," the funk of "Down The Sink," and the groove of "I'm Sleepin' In," the most interesting moments of this last chapter in this great and incredible epic journey of this crazy yet brilliant band that continues to expand its horizons with positive results. It will be difficult to ask for more in the future because with these records they have truly gone beyond every possible and impossible expectation.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup (Full Album)

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