Sketches of Brunswick East
| Sketches of Brunswick East | ||||
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| Studio album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and Mild High Club | ||||
| Released | August 25, 2017 | |||
| Studio | Flightless HQ | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, jazz | |||
| Label | Flightless, ATO, Heavenly | |||
| King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard chronology | ||||
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Sketches of Brunswick East is the eleventh studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It will be released August 25th 2017 by Flightless Records in Australia,[1][2] ATO Records in the United States, and Heavenly Recordings in the United Kingdom. It is the third of five albums set to be released in 2017.[3][4]
The album will be a collaboration with Mild High Club, and will be prominently jazz based.[3]
Background and conception
The album was conceived just after the release of Flying Microtonal Banana and the completion of Murder of the Universe, the band's first and second releases in 2017. At that point, ideas for the next three albums were discussed, with one (presumably Sketches of Brunswick East) said to be in a "state of coming together," while the other two were "sort of distant at the moment."[5]
—Stu Mackenzie[3]
Stu Mackenzie stated in an interview that the collaboration with Mild High Club came about because Alex Brettin, the sole member of the band, played at King Gizzard's own Gizzfest in December 2016. Afterward, Brettin stayed at Mackenzie's house for a few weeks, during which they came up with ideas that he has since described as "really, really vague." The two recorded a handful of iPhone voice memos to share with each other, which they ended up calling sketches: hence the album title. Mackenzie later stated that the album was recorded in three weeks.[3]
The album's title was leaked in the Heavenly Recordings album biography for Murder of the Universe. The title alludes to Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain as a musical influence.[6]
The track “Rolling Stoned” was first shown in a live performance by the Mild High Club featuring Stu Mackenzie almost two years before this album was even known to exist. The description of the video's upload on YouTube lists it as being from “their upcoming LP”, but was not present on Skiptracing, which very well could mean it is a missing cut from that album.[7]
Track listing
Track listing adapted from ATO Records' pre-order listing of the album.[8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sketches of Brunswick East I" | |
| 2. | "Countdown" | |
| 3. | "D-Day" | |
| 4. | "Tezeta" | |
| 5. | "Cranes, Planes, Migraines" | |
| 6. | "The Spider and Me" | |
| 7. | "Sketches of Brunswick East II" | |
| 8. | "Dusk To Dawn on Lygon Street" | |
| 9. | "The Book" | |
| 10. | "The Journey To (S)Hell" | |
| 11. | "Rolling Stoned" | |
| 12. | "You Can Be Your Silhouette" | |
| 13. | "Sketches Of Brunswick East III" |
References
- ↑ "On a parlé d’inventions folles, de musique turque et de sommeil avec King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard". Konbini France. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
- ↑ "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Sketches Of Brunswick East Is Out In A Few Weeks". Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Friedmann, Christopher (22 June 2017). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Talk "Murder Of The Universe" – ARTISTdirect Interviews". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ↑ Perry, Kevin EG (12 November 2016). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: can the psych band release five albums in one year?". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ↑ Joffe, Justin (12 April 2017). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on Their Batshit, Brilliant New Album". The Observer. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ↑ "Full Heavenly Album Information Leak + Track List". Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ↑ "Mild High Club - Rolling Stoned (feat. Stu from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard)". Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ "King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard With Mild High Club - Sketches Of Brunswick East Vinyl (Black Vinyl 180 Gram)". Retrieved 11 August 2017.