After enduring a few comparatively slow years given their past penchant for rigorous release schedules, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are getting back up to speed. The Australian psych rockers have just set December 04th as the release date for their next studio album, “Entropy“. The band’s own (p)doom records will be overseeing that release, which is envisioned as a companion to their electronically minded latest outing “Alien Metal“. The latter release arrived this past August.
This seeds for this new outing were planted during the same sessions as “Alien Metal” and continue the band’s infatuation with Eurorack synthesizers. The band’s Stu Mackenzie stated:
“‘Entropy” began to feel like its own project, something that could stand on its own, and needed a little longer to simmer. We were like, ‘Let’s commit – let’s dig deeper, mine this sound further, and challenge ourselves a bit more.’ Entropy’s definitely coming from its own place.”
Mackenzie further added:
“Alien Metal’s tracks are 143bpm and in F sharp; Entropy’s tracks are at 160bpm and in the key of A. Entropy’s a lot faster, and has a different energy, and we leaned into a lot of different rhythmic things on this one. And where ‘Alien Metal‘ had a grungy dirtiness about it, ‘Entropy‘ is prettier, more harmonic, more cosmic.”
“Entropy” track listing:
01 – “Aeon“
02 – “Heaven & Hell“
03 – “Hard Sync“
04 – “Rogue Wave“
05 – “Angel“
06 – “To Mercury…“
07 – “Face Of The Earth“
08 – “Entropy“
A 2027 North American tour has also just been announced, with the below shows newly announced:
08/05–08/06 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery
08/07 San Diego, CA – The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
08/08 Flagstaff, AZ – Pepsi Amphitheater
08/10 Santa Fe, NM – Hipico
08/18 Daly City, CA – Cow Palace
08/19 Portland, OR – TBA
08/21 Quincy, WA – The Gorge Amphitheatre
08/22 Vancouver, BC – Freedom Mobile Arch
08/24 Calgary, AB – Big Four Roadhouse
08/25 Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place
08/26 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
08/27 Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
10/06 Dallas, TX – Longhorn Backyard Amphitheater
10/07 Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
10/08 New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre
10/09 Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre
10/11 Grundy County, TN – The Caverns (Above Ground Amphitheater)
10/12 Asheville, NC – Hellbender
10/19 Montreal, QC – MTELUS
10/20 Toronto, ON – The Theatre at Great Canadian Toronto
10/21 Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion
10/22 Chicago, IL – Wintrust Arena
