King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a video for their new single “Magenta Mountain.”
The track comes from their upcoming double album, Omnium Gatherum, out April 22nd. Today’s release embodies a neon pop sound, with catchy synth riffs, dreamy guitars, and processed vocals. Directed by John Angus Stewart, the accompanying video sees King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard performing on stage to a huge crowd in a tent.
“You know when you have a really weird vivid dream and it sticks with you like glue? One day I came into the studio and Stu was trying to write one of them down,” bandmember Ambrose Kenny-Smith explains. “He kept banging on about this paradise called Magenta Mountain that he had seen but none of us believed him. Every day since then he’s been still trying to convince us all that it’s real and one day he will.”
Watch the video for “Magenta Mountain” below.
“This recording session felt significant,” Stu Mackenzie explains. “Significant because it was the first time all six Gizzards had gotten together after an extraordinarily long time in lockdown. Significant because it produced the longest studio recording we’ve ever released. Significant because [I think] it’s going to change the way we write and record music – at least for a while. A turning point. A touchstone. I think we’re entering into our ‘jammy period.’ It feels good.”
In addition to “Magenta Mountain,” Omnium Gatherum features King Gizzard’s previously released 18-minute single, “The Dripping Tap.”
Check out the tracklist for Omnium Gatherum below.
Omnium Gatherum Tracklist:
01 – “The Dripping Tap”
02 – “Magenta Mountain”
03 – “Kepler-22b”
04 – “Gaia”
05 – “Ambergris”
06 – “Sadie Sorceress”
07 – “Evilest Man”
08 – “The Garden Goblin”
09 – “Blame It On The Weather”
10 – “Persistence”
11 – “The Grim Reaper”
12 – “Presumptuous”
13 – “Predator X”
14 – “Red Smoke”
15 – “Candles”
16 – “The Funeral”
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