Alien Metal<\/em> will be released later this year via the band\u2019s own p(doom) Records. Check out the tracklist below.<\/p>\nAccording to a press release, King Gizzard\u2019s new album \u201csees the ever shape-shifting Melbourne six-piece set the controls for the dark heart of electronic dance music.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alien Metal<\/em> was written and recorded on the modular synthesiser set-up which they took out on the road last year, affectionately named \u201cNathan\u201d by the band.<\/p>\nThe album grew out of last year\u2019s \u2018rave shows\u2019 where King Gizzard abandoned traditional instruments in favour of their aforementioned modular synthesiser set-up. What began as a fun experiment grew into an obsession, inspiring one of the band\u2019s most ambitious records to date.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt completely rewired my brand,\u201d says lead singer Stu Mackenzie, who discovered the possibilities of the Eurorack synthesiser format on the recommendation of fellow King Gizzard member Joey Walker. \u201cI was like, \u2018I\u2019m going to forget everything I know about music and relearn it all from scratch.’\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve never scrapped so much material as we have for this album,\u201d Mackenzie explains. \u201cEntire albums, entire universes that were formulated, created, recorded, deleted and started again.\u201d<\/p>\n