Polygondwanaland

by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard

Type: Album
Released: 17 November 2017
Label: Flightless, Various
Country: Australia
Length: 43:46
Community rating: 3.72/5 from 17 ratings

Artists on this release: Joey Walker, Lucas Skinner, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Stu Mackenzie

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Polygondwanaland' is a progressive and psychedelic rock concept album built upon a foundation of complex polyrhythms and shifting time signatures, with no tracks composed in a standard 4/4 meter. The album's narrative follows a mythopoetic arc involving ecological disaster, political conflict, and cybernetic evolution, connecting to the band's broader lyrical universe. Uniquely, the band released 'Polygondwanaland' for free, making the master recordings publicly available and encouraging fans and independent labels to create and sell their own physical pressings.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, microtonal, polyrhythmic, conceptual, long-form

Tracklist

Crumbling Castle (10:44)
Polygondwanaland (03:32)
The Castle In The Air (02:47)
Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet (03:33)
Inner Cell (03:55)
Loyalty (03:38)
Horology (02:52)
Tetrachromacy (03:30)
Searching... (03:03)
The Fourth Colour (06:12)

Credits

Michael Cavanagh - drums (tracks 1–8), percussion (1, 2, 3, 8, 10), glass marimba (1)
Cook Craig - electric guitar (1, 8, 10), synthesizers (9, 10)
Ambrose Kenny-Smith - harmonica (1, 3, 8, 10), vocals (8, 10)
Stu Mackenzie - vocals (all tracks), electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10), bass guitar (1, 3–7, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 8–10), synthesizers (all tracks), flute (1–3, 5–8), glass marimba (1), mellotron (2, 4), percussion (9), recording (6, 9), additional recording, production
Lucas Skinner - bass guitar (10), synthesizer (7)
Joey Walker - electric guitar (1, 3, 5–7, 10), acoustic guitar (3, 5), bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 8), synthesizers (5–7, 9, 10), vocals (1–8, 10), percussion (1–3, 5, 7, 8, 10), additional recording
Leah Senior - spoken word (3)
Eric Moore - management (all tracks)
Casey Hartnett - recording (2–5, 7, 8)
Ryan K. Brennan - recording (1, 10)
Sam Joseph - mixing
Joe Carra - mastering
Jason Galea - artwork and layout