Talkin' About KGATLW Albums
I've been listening to a lot of KGATLW recently. I'm slowly making my way through their discography. Here are my thoughts abt their albums, ordered roughly in the order I listened to them in. This is super WIP, im tired yo just tryin to put some stuff down.
Murder of the Universe
First Gizz album I ever listened to (thanks gecko!). TBA
Chunky Shrapnel
Second Gizz album I ever listened to. Randomly, one evening on the MBTA, I thought "hey I should give KGATLW another try." I opened this, at the time one of their most recent releases, not realizing it was a live album at first. Not to worry, though, I notoriously adore live albums (Daft Punk's "Alive 2007" is my fav album of all time, and Jeff Rosenstock's "Thanks, Sorry!" is in my top 10). As I sat on the Red Line late that night, I could feel the seed of something interesting implant itself into my skull. It would take one more album for Gizzard to really stick, though.
Fav:
Nonagon Infinity
OOUUGUUGUHHHHHHHHHHH THIS ALBUM REPROGRAMMED MY BRAIN. You can pinpoint the sickness to the moment I heard Robot Stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Commuter Rail. I lost it and never regained "it" since. The genesis of my KGATLW love. I've listened to this album, no joke, 500 times in the past 90 days according to last.fm. I recognize this isn't a review so much as me vomitting my love through HTML.
Flying Microtonal Banana
Flying Microtonal Banana, I love you. The first of their albums I listened to after I realized "yep, i'm becoming a gizz fan." Fun and funky, gorgeous pairing of interesting instrumentals and vocals. Rules.
Polygondwanaland
I knew of this album long before I got into KGATLW, famed for being released (masters and all!) to the fans for free. I really respect bands that do shit like this. I really respect their whole Bootlegger program as well. But wow yeah this album is a real trip. I bounced off it at first blush, but after returning and really listening (especially to Crumbling Castle - WOW that ending!) it really blew me away. Gizzverse is real, btw.
Fav: Crumbling Castle
Fishing for Fishies
Listened to on a bright, early-summer day. At first I thought this album would bounce off me - I found its vibes kinda cheesy. But really it's such a delight. Super cute, real entertaining bops with a great message. I wanna let those fishies freely swim too. My mom also really liked this album LOL!
Fav: Plastic Boogie
I'm In Your Mind Fuzz
I'm in your mind. I'm not in your mind. I'm in your mind, fuzz. A more rough, psych-rock version of a sound they perfected in Nonagon. Holds a real special place in my heart, for some reason. Love those guitar riffs and that harmonica.
Butterfly 3000
I held off on this album for a while -- I think because I knew it was so different I thought I'd be super turned off by the depature in sound. But god, how wrong I was! It's a beautiful, melodic album filled with the classic Gizz sound put through a bright synth lens. It really solidified their mastery of experimentation and understanding of different genres in general. A real delight to listen to.
Fav: Catching Smoke
Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
Nice, dreamlike, chill vibes to study or sleep to. Except for the last 30 seconds of the album. Different from the rest, but in a pleasnt way.
Albums I have yet to listen to or that need to marinate in my brain a bit longer: - Willoughby's Beach EP - Twelve Bar Bruise - Eyes Like The Sky - Float Along - Fill Your Lungs - Oddments - Quarters! - Sketches of Brunswick East - Gumboot Soup - Infest the Rat's Nest - K.G. - L.W. - Teenage Gizzard - Butterfly 3001 - Omnium Gatherum
