{"product_id":"king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-paper-mache-dream-balloon","title":"King Gizzard \u0026 The Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache Dream Balloon","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eStarting out in 2010 as a solid garage rock group, \u003cb\u003eKing Gizzard \u0026amp; the Lizard Wizard\u003c\/b\u003e followed their collective muse wherever it chose to lead them. For their latest opus, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaper M̢ch̩ Dream Balloon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e they initially thought it was going to be filled with the darker, heavier material that the band has been playing live of late. But front man Stu Mackenzie soon decided that it was time to put aside the longer, more conceptual pieces and go in a completely new direction.\u003c\/span\u003eåÊ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eOn previous records King Gizzard has channeled many different sounds: From heavily distorted, kraut-driven rock on their 2014 album \u003ci\u003eI‰۪m In Your Mind Fuzz\u003c\/i\u003e to expansive, almost jazzy, Dead-like head trips on \u003ci\u003eQuarters! \u003c\/i\u003eOr as Mackenzie puts it, ‰ÛÏI always wanted to be a band where you would expect the unexpected each time, with each album being treated like a different phase.‰۝\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eHence, the band‰۪s seventh album was recorded using nothing but acoustic instruments. Mackenzie elaborated on this with: ‰ÛÏ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eAcoustic guitars, flute, double bass, fiddle, harmonica, drum kit, clarinet. Whatever we could find really.‰۝\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThe result is a lovely, lilting pop masterpiece that still evokes the same intoxicating exuberance as KGATLW‰۪s most recent work, but with a more pastoral, communal feel to it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":64322872148345,"sku":null,"price":7.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":64322872181113,"sku":null,"price":12.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-paper-mache-dream-balloon-south-records-ltd_d4ab6493-ee0e-4e84-9c17-b6f9544049b8.jpg?v=1787903727","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-paper-mache-dream-balloon","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}