- psychedelic rock, garage rock
- 42 min
- 9 tracks
- ATO Records
Flying Microtonal Banana is the ninth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 24 February 2017 on Flightless Records in Australia, ATO Records in the United States, and Heavenly Recordings in the United Kingdom. It is the first of five albums released by the band in 2017 and their first exploration of microtonal music, utilising custom-built instruments.
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Character-led, spare, warm and open-ended.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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Metacritic 72/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.9/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- DIY4/5 ★
- Exclaim!8/10
- The Guardian3/5 ★
- Mojo3/5 ★
- Pitchfork7.4/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Record Collector4/5 ★
- The Times4/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- 1Rattlesnake7:48
- 2Melting5:27
- 3Open Water7:14
- 4Sleep Drifter4:45
- 5Billabong Valley3:35
- 6Anoxia3:04
- 7Doom City3:14
- 8Nuclear Fusion4:15
- 9Flying Microtonal Banana2:34
9 tracks, 42 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- ATO Records
- Released
- February 24, 2017
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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