1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:27,893 Speaker 1: from News Talks at B. 3 00:00:23,453 --> 00:00:42,933 Speaker 2: I just spoken Religi Jess so sweet. This is Phantom Island. 4 00:00:43,173 --> 00:00:45,973 Speaker 2: It's a song by King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard 5 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:49,533 Speaker 2: from an album of the same title. I quite like that. 6 00:00:49,693 --> 00:00:52,773 Speaker 2: It's busy. It is. It's busy, yeah, but but I 7 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:54,493 Speaker 2: quite like that. And I'm ashamed to say I've never 8 00:00:54,493 --> 00:00:59,613 Speaker 2: heard of King Gizzard until and the Wizard Lizard. It's inevitable. 9 00:00:59,693 --> 00:01:04,853 Speaker 2: It was inevitable. Don't pretend like your surprise, I've never 10 00:01:04,933 --> 00:01:07,893 Speaker 2: heard of King Gizzard and the Wizard until the last 11 00:01:07,933 --> 00:01:10,813 Speaker 2: way you get a stale Clifford Our music review bringing 12 00:01:10,813 --> 00:01:12,373 Speaker 2: them to my attention. Good morning. 13 00:01:13,053 --> 00:01:14,653 Speaker 3: More than that, do you know? The first time I 14 00:01:14,693 --> 00:01:17,333 Speaker 3: heard these guys was in twenty nineteen and they had, 15 00:01:17,333 --> 00:01:19,813 Speaker 3: I think, just being nominated for an ARIA for their 16 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:23,733 Speaker 3: heavy metal album, right, So when I've sort of first 17 00:01:23,773 --> 00:01:25,813 Speaker 3: discovered them, I was like, oh, right, they're full metal 18 00:01:26,173 --> 00:01:28,933 Speaker 3: rock band. Okay, that's kind of cool, and then the 19 00:01:28,973 --> 00:01:31,053 Speaker 3: next album We're like, hang on, wait, are they still 20 00:01:31,053 --> 00:01:34,133 Speaker 3: the same people? I don't understand, right, they are the 21 00:01:34,213 --> 00:01:37,253 Speaker 3: absolute I mean, it's in the name Lizard isn't it chameleons, 22 00:01:37,253 --> 00:01:39,893 Speaker 3: the chameleons of music. They don't like to sit still 23 00:01:39,893 --> 00:01:44,853 Speaker 3: in anything too long, very playful, much like their name. 24 00:01:45,693 --> 00:01:49,253 Speaker 3: That's just there is an absolute trip hazard for everybody's 25 00:01:49,293 --> 00:01:50,773 Speaker 3: to say it out loud on the radio, I think. 26 00:01:50,813 --> 00:01:56,493 Speaker 3: But just very very talented musicians and again very playful 27 00:01:56,533 --> 00:01:59,613 Speaker 3: with genres and then actually how they bring them all together. Yeah, 28 00:02:00,493 --> 00:02:02,053 Speaker 3: these guys are also like I think it was like 29 00:02:02,093 --> 00:02:05,093 Speaker 3: twenty fifteen or something, they released an album called Quarters 30 00:02:05,373 --> 00:02:08,093 Speaker 3: and it was literally songs that were over ten minutes long. 31 00:02:08,773 --> 00:02:12,253 Speaker 3: Oh and that was a whole album. So they're not 32 00:02:12,293 --> 00:02:15,533 Speaker 3: playing into they're not playing into any sort of mainstream 33 00:02:16,053 --> 00:02:18,293 Speaker 3: we think our music's going to go straight to radio 34 00:02:18,373 --> 00:02:20,733 Speaker 3: play or anything like that. They're really just creating music 35 00:02:20,733 --> 00:02:23,293 Speaker 3: for what they like. I think a lot of it 36 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:27,053 Speaker 3: comes from some jam studio sessions and then they evolved 37 00:02:27,053 --> 00:02:31,133 Speaker 3: from there. This album Phantom Island. They really have created 38 00:02:31,533 --> 00:02:35,253 Speaker 3: imagery and also music that goes with their imagery that 39 00:02:35,333 --> 00:02:37,733 Speaker 3: sounds like you're literally like I think one of the 40 00:02:37,773 --> 00:02:40,333 Speaker 3: pictures is a fish with a trumpet going up on 41 00:02:40,413 --> 00:02:43,173 Speaker 3: a round a building, you know, So it's very it's 42 00:02:43,213 --> 00:02:46,413 Speaker 3: almost the e Sergt. Pepper's album, you know, and it's 43 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:49,933 Speaker 3: very theatrical and a little bit flamboyant, and there's this 44 00:02:50,093 --> 00:02:53,813 Speaker 3: orchestral stuff. So from their last album, they actually had 45 00:02:54,253 --> 00:02:56,413 Speaker 3: like a group of songs that didn't make the last album, 46 00:02:56,493 --> 00:02:58,653 Speaker 3: but they felt like they belonged somewhere and that's something 47 00:02:58,653 --> 00:03:01,613 Speaker 3: needed to happen to them. So they got on board 48 00:03:01,653 --> 00:03:05,053 Speaker 3: with a friend called Chad Kelly. Now he's a conductor 49 00:03:05,133 --> 00:03:07,573 Speaker 3: and he's an arranger, and so they got him to 50 00:03:07,613 --> 00:03:12,173 Speaker 3: put these orchestral other elements to the songs. And it's 51 00:03:12,253 --> 00:03:15,293 Speaker 3: really clever because Phantom island there, like there's these massive 52 00:03:15,413 --> 00:03:19,853 Speaker 3: string sections and you know, just it's quite odd, like 53 00:03:19,853 --> 00:03:22,213 Speaker 3: every now and then there's like this random oboe sort 54 00:03:22,213 --> 00:03:24,053 Speaker 3: of sound that you get through the base of it, 55 00:03:24,213 --> 00:03:27,213 Speaker 3: and it's a really quite interesting fusion. And I think 56 00:03:27,253 --> 00:03:29,693 Speaker 3: for them what it did is it re excited them 57 00:03:29,733 --> 00:03:33,213 Speaker 3: about these leftover songs, which must be frustrating when you've 58 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:35,573 Speaker 3: written so much work and you do feel like they 59 00:03:35,653 --> 00:03:38,253 Speaker 3: have a life, and so I think that part there 60 00:03:38,293 --> 00:03:39,933 Speaker 3: for them was like, Okay, yes, this can be a 61 00:03:39,973 --> 00:03:43,453 Speaker 3: whole other album. There's still this real poppy kind of 62 00:03:43,493 --> 00:03:47,173 Speaker 3: sound to a lot of the tracks. Yeah, so it's 63 00:03:47,213 --> 00:03:48,973 Speaker 3: a little I don't know, it's kind of I don't know, 64 00:03:49,013 --> 00:03:49,413 Speaker 3: what is it. 65 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:53,093 Speaker 2: Orchestral, theatrical, Yeah, theatrical. 66 00:03:53,133 --> 00:03:55,533 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, let's just go with that. I actually really 67 00:03:55,613 --> 00:03:58,613 Speaker 3: enjoy lead singer Stuugh Mackenzie's voice is really great on this. 68 00:03:59,213 --> 00:04:02,213 Speaker 3: It's quite playful along with the music. I mean, sometimes 69 00:04:02,253 --> 00:04:04,533 Speaker 3: the actual lyrics might sit a little bit deep and 70 00:04:04,573 --> 00:04:07,333 Speaker 3: it might be about our impact on the environment and 71 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:10,413 Speaker 3: what's going on in life. But you you don't sink 72 00:04:10,453 --> 00:04:12,013 Speaker 3: into that first, if you know what I mean, Like 73 00:04:12,013 --> 00:04:15,733 Speaker 3: you're so taken away with what's going on musically. And 74 00:04:15,773 --> 00:04:18,133 Speaker 3: I think also if you've got some really good headphones 75 00:04:18,213 --> 00:04:20,733 Speaker 3: or loud speakers, that's the best way to hit this 76 00:04:20,773 --> 00:04:23,733 Speaker 3: album straight up. Like just each song is like a 77 00:04:23,853 --> 00:04:27,853 Speaker 3: random little trip, right, yeah, and so much going on 78 00:04:27,933 --> 00:04:30,333 Speaker 3: for it, So yeah, crank it up nice and loud, 79 00:04:30,573 --> 00:04:34,533 Speaker 3: really embrace that great voice in the harmonies that come 80 00:04:34,653 --> 00:04:38,093 Speaker 3: through a really cool Yeah. I like what they do 81 00:04:38,093 --> 00:04:39,973 Speaker 3: actually a little bit psychedelic pop two. 82 00:04:39,893 --> 00:04:42,853 Speaker 2: Maybe differently psychic yeah yeah. 83 00:04:42,613 --> 00:04:44,733 Speaker 3: Yeah, and then there's a bit of jazz funk. You know, 84 00:04:44,773 --> 00:04:47,373 Speaker 3: you'll get that sort of funky bassline that goes through 85 00:04:47,853 --> 00:04:50,493 Speaker 3: a lot of the songs too, and yeah, a little 86 00:04:50,493 --> 00:04:52,693 Speaker 3: more playful and a lot brighter than I think I've 87 00:04:52,693 --> 00:04:55,213 Speaker 3: probably heard some of their music. Like, I've actually really 88 00:04:55,413 --> 00:04:58,493 Speaker 3: enjoyed this album. Yeah, and I'm kind of fascinating. I 89 00:04:58,533 --> 00:05:00,973 Speaker 3: think they're one of those bands for me that you're like, oh, 90 00:05:01,013 --> 00:05:03,013 Speaker 3: these guys, Okay, what are we going to get you? 91 00:05:03,173 --> 00:05:05,893 Speaker 3: Let you feel excited in some ways when they release 92 00:05:05,893 --> 00:05:07,133 Speaker 3: a new album, cause you're never quite. 93 00:05:06,973 --> 00:05:10,493 Speaker 2: Sure, you're never short. Yeah, totally twenty seventh album. I 94 00:05:10,533 --> 00:05:12,933 Speaker 2: know that's insane, isn't it. It's just ridiculous. 95 00:05:13,053 --> 00:05:13,213 Speaker 1: Yeah. 96 00:05:13,333 --> 00:05:15,853 Speaker 3: Yeah, they did that crazy thing like Troy Kingy where 97 00:05:15,893 --> 00:05:17,773 Speaker 3: they decided to release, you know, a whole heap of 98 00:05:17,773 --> 00:05:20,453 Speaker 3: albums in one year. So there were two consecutive years 99 00:05:20,493 --> 00:05:23,293 Speaker 3: where they released like five studio albums each year. 100 00:05:25,213 --> 00:05:27,613 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, So do we just call them King Gizzard? 101 00:05:28,333 --> 00:05:31,533 Speaker 3: You're just King Gizzard's easy or kg l W. 102 00:05:31,893 --> 00:05:37,293 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, but a g l W Yeah yeah yeah, yeah, no, 103 00:05:37,373 --> 00:05:37,973 Speaker 2: that makes sense. 104 00:05:38,133 --> 00:05:40,293 Speaker 3: Okay, there's actually a name for their fans. It's there. 105 00:05:40,893 --> 00:05:43,133 Speaker 3: It's something around the Gizzard parts. I quite think what 106 00:05:43,173 --> 00:05:45,413 Speaker 3: it is, but people sit in the Gizzard part and it's. 107 00:05:45,293 --> 00:05:48,333 Speaker 2: Okay, what did you give it? What did you give 108 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,533 Speaker 2: Pantom's Some Island. 109 00:05:49,533 --> 00:05:50,533 Speaker 3: Look, I'm really enjoying it. 110 00:05:51,493 --> 00:05:53,093 Speaker 2: Nice. All right, we'll get a bit more of a 111 00:05:53,133 --> 00:05:54,813 Speaker 2: listening to a couple of minutes. Thank you so much 112 00:05:54,853 --> 00:05:58,373 Speaker 2: to Stelle Pleasure Asdale Clifford, our music reviewer. More King 113 00:05:58,613 --> 00:06:00,773 Speaker 2: Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard for you in a couple 114 00:06:00,813 --> 00:06:01,213 Speaker 2: of minutes. 115 00:06:02,333 --> 00:06:05,453 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Team, listen live 116 00:06:05,533 --> 00:06:08,373 Speaker 1: to News Talk said Be from nine am Saturday, or 117 00:06:08,413 --> 00:06:10,333 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.