1001 Albums Summary

I had to listen to this twice, once to get in the mood, second time to isolate the drumming and appreciate it as best as I could. I liked this album a lot on multiple levels, technically great, a good mixture of styles, excellent pacing, tension and release. I didn't love it quite enough for five stars, but it was very close indeed. Four stars seems fair.

I've heard a few tracks by King Gizzard before and my Spotify was littered with tracks I'd liked by them, until they pulled the rug. I had to dig this album out on YouTube, but this gave me a chance to listen to the whole loop a few times with seamless transitions, so actually worked out as a bonus. Definitely right up my street and an easy five stars.

I imagine this band playing in an American action film from the early 1990s where there would be a house band who provided the odd musical interlude when the plot was running slow. There would probably be a scene with a big fight while the band play as if nothing special is happening. It would sound like the band definitely weren't playing live, but were in a studio with a lot of production. The lead singer would have maybe a couple of lines in the movie, but nothing to do with the actual plot. This is the album soundtrack for the movie. There's no stand out tracks, but the guitar sounds nice every now and then, plus it's so generic southern country rock that they could be singing about anything and it doesn't really matter. It actually wasn't bad at all, but so generic I feel three stars is fair.