K.G. (album)

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K.G.
KG album cover.jpg
Studio album by
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Released20 November 2020 (2020-11-20)
Genre Psychedelic rock [1]
Length41:52
Label KGLW
Producer Stu Mackenzie
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard chronology
Live in San Francisco '16
(2020)		K.G.
(2020)		 Teenage Gizzard
(2020)
Singles from K.G.
  1. "Honey"
    Released: 14 July 2020
  2. "Some of Us"
    Released: 13 August 2020
  3. "Straws in the Wind"
    Released: 15 September 2020
  4. "Automation"
    Released: 20 October 2020
  5. "Intrasport"
    Released: 19 November 2020

K.G. (subtitled Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 2) is the sixteenth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, released on 20 November 2020 on their own label. [2] The album was preceded by four singles, the first three ("Honey", [3] "Some of Us" [4] and "Straws in the Wind" [5] ) were released alongside music videos uploaded to YouTube. K.G. is a sonic "sequel" to Flying Microtonal Banana , which was subtitled "Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 1" and also a direct predecessor to L.W. . [6]

Contents

"Automation"

"Automation", the fourth single preceding the album, was released for free on the band's website. In addition to the raw audio files for "Automation" as a whole, the band also includes the files for separate audio channels within the song such as vocals, violin, clarinet and flute, as well as video files for the music video, which the band encourages the fans to use to make their own remixes and music videos. [7] All of these files require a torrent client to be installed on the user's device. Since the release of "Automation", there have been many remixes and music videos edited by fans and posted on sites like Reddit and YouTube. [8] A number of these have been highlighted by the band in the King Gizzard newsletter "Gizzymail", namely in Gizzymail 6. [9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Exclaim! 7/10 [12]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [14]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , K.G. received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 77 out of 100 from 11 critic scores. [10]

Track listing

Announced by the band on 21 October 2020. [2] Track durations taken from shop listing. [16] Vinyl releases have tracks 1–5 on Side A, and tracks 6–10 on Side B. [17]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."K.G.L.W." Stu Mackenzie 1:37
2."Automation"Mackenzie3:30
3."Minimum Brain Size" Joey Walker 4:19
4."Straws in the Wind"
  • Mackenzie
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith
5:42
5."Some of Us"
3:53
6."Ontology"Mackenzie3:58
7."Intrasport"Walker4:13
8."Oddlife"
  • Mackenzie
  • Kenny-Smith
4:58
9."Honey"Mackenzie4:34
10."The Hungry Wolf of Fate"Mackenzie5:08
Total length:41:52

Personnel

Credits for K.G. adapted from liner notes. [18]

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart performance for K.G.
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20] 76
Scottish Albums (OCC) [21] 11
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 80
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [23] 40

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