King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have shared the details for their second album of 2017, “Murder Of The Universe“. ATO Records have set a June 23rd release date for that outing, which you can now pre-order here. Frontman/guitarist, etc. Stu Mackenzie had the following to say of it:
“We’re living in dystopian times that are pretty scary and it’s hard not to reflect that in our music,. It’s almost unavoidable. Some scientists predict that the downfall of humanity is just as likely to come at the hands of Artificial Intelligence, as it is war or viruses or climate change. But these are fascinating times too. Human beings are visual creatures – vision is our primary instinct, and this is very much a visual, descriptive, bleak record. While the tone is definitely apocalyptic, it is not necessarily purely a mirror of the current state of humanity. It’s about new non-linear narratives.”
The album is split into three chapters and runs as follows:
“Chapter 1: The Tale Of The Altered Beast“:
“A New World”
“Altered Beast I”
“Alter Me I”
“Altered Beast II”
“Alter Me II”
“Altered Beast III”
“Alter Me III”
“Altered Beast IV”
“Life / Death”
“Chapter 2: The Lord Of Lightning Vs. Balrog“:
“Some Context”
“The Reticent Raconteur”
“The Lord Of Lightning”
“The Balrog”
“The Floating Fire”
“The Acrid Corpse”
“Chapter 3: Han-Tyumi And The Murder Of The Universe“:
“Welcome To An Altered Future”
“Digital Black”
“Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg”
“Soy-Protein Munt Machine”
“Vomit Coffin”
“Murder Of The Universe”
Below you can hear the third chapter of the outing, titled “Han-Tyumi And The Murder Of The Universe“. The band will also be performing live on ‘Conan‘ on Monday, April 17th. The band are on the final leg of a North American tour with the following dates remaining:
04/11 Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
04/12 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
04/14 Indio, CA – Coachella
04/17 West Hollywood, CA – The Roxy Theatre
04/18 Las Vegas, NV – The Pool at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
04/19 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
04/21 Indio, CA – Coachella
