King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Gumboot Soup

Released at the tail end of an extraordinarily prolific year, Gumboot Soup finds King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard distilling their many experiments into one wildly varied record. Drawing threads from the group’s four previous albums of 2017, it shifts from woozy psych-pop and jazz-inflected grooves to heavy riffing and abstract electronics — all filtered through the band’s distinctive, chaotic energy. Rather than pursuing a single concept, the album serves as a playful scrapbook of sounds and ideas, each track showcasing a different side of their restless creativity. It’s an unpredictable, joyfully messy collection that celebrates the Australian band’s refusal to sit still for even a moment.