King Gizzard have just dropped another sneak preview of their next record Flying Microtonal Banana in the form of new track ‘Sleep Drifter’, which dropped today via the band’s Facebook page.
It’s the third track revealed so far, following on from the already-popular ‘Rattlesnake’ and December release ‘Nuclear Fusion‘, and the latest piece of the puzzle that will all be put together on February 24.
The accompanying message, well… we’ll leave that up to your interpretation, but they seem to be railing against the mundane nature of Western music, and explaining the direction they’re heading on the new album.
“NOTHING IS SACRED IN OUR WESTERN MUSIC. OVER HUNDREDS OF YEARS OUR MUSIC DE-EVOLVED TO FEATURE LESS EMPHASIS ON RHYTHM AND MORE ATTENTION TO HARMONIC IMPERFECTION. OUR ANCESTORS ENDEAVOURED TO CREATE A SYSTEM BASED ON PERFECT 5THS YET WE END UP WITH A SERIES OF SEVERELY OUT OF TUNE 3RDS AND WONKY HARMONIES. BACH COMPOSED IN SOMETHING CLOSER TO JUST INTONATION . MODERN PIANOS ARE TUNED SHARP AT THE TOP AND FLAT AT THE BOTTOM. VIOLINISTS INSTINCTUALLY BOW PERFECT HARMONIES IN ORCHESTRAL ARRANGE MENTS. BARBERSHOP QUARTETS INSTINCTUALLY SING PERFECT PERFECT HARMONIC 3RDS AND 7THS. THEY ARE RIGHT. WE ARE WRONG. TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS. WE CONTINUALLY DUMBED DOWN THE RHYTHMIC COMPLEXITY IN FAVOUR OF HARMONIC ENTANGLEMENT. HARMONIES THAT ARE OUT OF TUNE. NOTHING IS SACRED. AND NEITHER IS THIS ALBUM. 24-TET EVERYBODY. WRONGER THAN WRONG.”
You’ll no doubt be able to hear this one as the ARIA winning outfit head to Laneway festival at the end of the month – dates are below, so grab your tix.
Laneway Festival 2017
Thursday 26 January – Brisbane Showgrounds (16+)
Saturday 28 January – Footscray Community Arts Centre And The River’s Edge, Melbourne
Friday 3 February – Hart’s Mill, Port Adelaide (16+)
Saturday 4 February – Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle
