{"id":45402,"date":"2016-05-04T16:19:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=45402"},"modified":"2016-05-04T16:19:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:19:01","slug":"king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-nonagon-infinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/05\/04\/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-nonagon-infinity\/","title":{"rendered":"King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright wp-image-45403\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ATDD179.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"ATDD179\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ATDD179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ATDD179-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ATDD179-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>Based on their name alone, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard sound like they don\u2019t take themselves very seriously, but that could not be further from the truth. Formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Australia, King Gizzard haven\u2019t stopped putting out albums, and Nonagon Infinity is band&#8217;s eighth full-length album in that short six-year span.<\/p>\n<p>The band describes <em>Nonagon Infinity<\/em> as \u201cthe world\u2019s first infinitely playing album,\u201d and while this might not necessarily be true, King Gizzard expertly created a cohesive album, both within itself and within the rest of their discography. Classic King Gizzard elements are obvious like extended psych and blues jams, tasteful harmonica solos, whistles, and a showcase of each of its seven members.<\/p>\n<p>Each song seamlessly transitions from one to the next and overarching themes are present throughout its entirety. This inherently makes <em>Nonagon Infinity<\/em> an album, rather than just a collection of singles. \u201cMr. Beat\u201d is one of the lighter, less jammy songs that acts as somewhat of a palate cleanser in the midst of a heavy psych concept album. \u201cEvil Death Roll\u201d is the longest, most conceptual song that ties together the sonic and lyrical themes of the first and second halves of the album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGamma Knife\u201d is quite arguably the best song on <em>Nonagon Infinity<\/em>\u00a0due to its indulgences in the psych jams that King Gizzard so obviously wants without becoming monotonous. It\u2019s just plain catchy. \u201cPeople Vultures\u201d is also a standout on the album; it\u2019s one of the heaviest songs and has one of the best solos on any King Gizzard song heard to date.<\/p>\n<p>King Gizzard definitely took a detour from their brand of blues psych on the last record, <em>Paper Mache Dream Balloon<\/em>, but they got back on track for <em>Nonagon Infinity<\/em> and have consequently released a contender for one of the best albums of the year.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Thee Oh Sees, Led Zeppelin, Fuzz, King Tuff<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 3 (Gamma Knife), 4 (People Vultures), 9 (Road Train), 6, (Evil Death Roll), 5 (Mr. Beat)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: 1 (Robot Stop)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Caroline Roe on 05\/04\/16 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest, and infinitely repeating, album from Australia&#8217;s King Gizzard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1643,"featured_media":45403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[2951,2526,11,4982],"class_list":["post-45402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-caroline-roe","tag-king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard","tag-new-music-rotation","tag-nonagon-infinity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ATDD179.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}