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KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD - Infest The Rats' Nest - Vinyl (LP)
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September 17, 2023
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July 17, 2023
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD Infest The Rats' Nest (gatefold split coloured vinyl LP + poster) ATO US
Cat: ATO 0506. Rel: 12 Aug 19
Psychedelic/Garage Rock
Side 1 - Track 1. Planet BSide 1 - Track 2. Mars For The RichSide 1 - Track 3. Organ FarmerSide 1 - Track 4. SuperbugSide 2 - Track 1. Venusian 1Side 2 - Track 2. PerihelionSide 2 - Track 3. Venusian 2Side 2 - Track 4. Self-ImmolateSide 2 - Track 5. Hell
It's not that fans of King Gizzard never expected this from the band's 15th long form outing, but rather anyone who stumbled upon the alliterated outfit on their last offering - "Fishing For Fishes" - is likely to be dumbstruck. Forget the life-affirming blues hues of that record. "Infest The Rats' Nest" sees the band at their heaviest - they are barely audible here beneath the din and cacophony of thrash metal. Exploring Earth's fate in the age of environmental degradation and pollution through "Superbug"'s slow chug and low, bellowed chorus, the driving riffs of "Mars For The Rich", the intensity of "Perihelion" and the screeching chords of "Venusian 2", the album's 9 tracks are as legit as anything this sub-genre has thrown at us since inception in the 1980s. More astute fans will have heard nuances of this on 2017's LP, "Murder of the Universe" and various manic musical explosions in Gizzard's back catalogue. "Infest The Rats' Nest" is a constant barrage of unrelenting energy from start to finish, and quite possibly their strongest album yet.
