![]() ![]() There’s no question that King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are at the top of their game, and Flying Micronatal Banana only further demonstrates their mad brilliance. The transformation is extremely subtle – there are no sitars nor shenhais – but the changes are noticeable in each guitar string that is plucked, each chord struck on the organ, and the spiritual-like harmonies. They brilliantly and seamlessly merge their multiple, past incarnations with this new Indian-inspired psychedelia. The band’s genius, however, really shines on “Nuclear Fusion”. The addition of the shenhai is brilliant to add to the track’s suspenseful mood. It is one part film-noir and another part Bollywood, as the song feels like a late-night encounter in a fog-filled street in Agra. King Gizzard showcase their cinematic side with “Billabong Valley”. It’s easy to get hypnotized by the whisper-like harmonies while wanting to whirl uncontrollably to the Shankar-influenced, neo-psychedelia soundscape. The pulsating “Open Water” is a delirious and engrossing number. The highlights of the album, however, are when these two worlds collide and create an exotic, frenetic world. It is King Gizzard at their very finest – a multi-layered composition that elicits various emotions and moods. Their garage-rock days, meanwhile, are represented on “Doom City”, which transitions from a shimmering, stuttering vibe to a dark and eerie soundscape. “Anoxia” is a Thin Lizzy-esque number and the band at their most melodic and controlled. The opening track, “Rattlesnake”, is immensely repetitive in its lyrics, yet leave it to the Melbourne septet to turn the song into an entertaining, amusing, and fun-loving affair. There are still unquestionable King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard moments. Images of bustling markets in Mumbai, Goa, and Delhi will dance in your head. The title track takes the Indian influences to another level, where the guitar-driven psychedelia is replaced by the sheering sounds of the shehnai. The groovy and spellbinding “Melting” is right out of Shankar and Harrison’s performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1974. For instance, “Sleep Drifter” has a smooth haziness that is intoxicating. At times, the record echoes Ravi Shankar and George Harrison’s collaborative work in the ’70s, as Indian and Middle Eastern textures reverberate across several songs. In other words, Flying Micronatal Banana is familiarly delirious yet incredibly refreshing from a band who often just blew us away with their frenetic approach.įlying Micronatal Banana is by far King Gizzard’s most controlled and refined album. The result is an album that is simultaneously expected yet completely surprising. ![]() They’ve just expanded their sound and channeled a few legends in the process. While they have been armed with new tools, it’s impossible to remove the whirling, zany psychedelia out of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. To challenge themselves in making the record, each member was given $200 to buy instruments and turn them microtonal, which is essentially shorter octaves or quicker bursts of sound. The first LP one out of the gate is Flying Micronatal Banana. ![]() This year, they are embarking on their most ambitious project – to share five albums before December 31st arrives. This at least raises their AC to 11 and makes them a little stronger.Entering their seventh year as a band, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have already released eight full-lengths, including last year’s exhilarating Nonagon Infinity, and two EPs. I would probably raise its Dexterity to 13 +1, same as the frog. JAVASCRIPT GAME IN WIZARDS LIZARD FULLBut an iguana could kill a raccoon at full size. Not a tiny lizard, because cats have 2 hit points and deal 1 slashing damage, and my cat killed a tiny lizard in one hit. I imagine this is somewhere in between, a 6-inch lizard or so. I used to live in Florida and I would see tiny lizards all the time, and that's kind of what I was imagining with this stat block, but those would have 1 hit point(again, frog has 1 hit point and they're about that tough.) Iguanas would probably have 3 hit points- they're very tough. Then again I can see a lizard having a Constitution of 10 because lizards are a lot tougher(although running one over with a bike still kills them, but I imagine that would deal more than 1 damage.) Also, as said, higher Dexterity, unless they're talking about an iguana. 2 hit points? Considering the rat and frog have 1 hit point, that seems fairly high. ![]()
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