Nonagon Infinity

Overrated by King Giz fans (although it is still their best album) and the "concept" isn't as interesting as they seem to think it is. That being said, it's still a bop and Robot Stop does slap hard, although the rest of the album doesn't quite live up to it.

Wasn't familiar with this band, what incredibly high energy, will check out more of their stuff 4.4

KING GIZZARD GANG LFG

This album is the perfect starting point for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Their particular brand of progressive neo-psychedelia just works. It plays with dynamics, rhythm, and reoccurring musical and lyrical themes throughout this infinite loop of a record. The band's influences are obvious, but they avoid sounding like a rip-off and are able to create something unique. They are incredibly prolific but manage consistency well.

3/5 Not really my style of music. I can appreciate the talents and think it is a great listen for those that are into the Prog Rock stuff.

Loved it. Driven on by robust drumming on an acrolite kit, which is a bonus.

Banger

Meh. It wasn't that good. Nothing was memorable about it.

NPR is responsible for introducing me to the Gizzverse - they had this LP streaming on their website, and I couldn’t ignore the band name, so I gave it a listen. Thus was my introduction to King Gizz and their distinctive brand of fucking insanity. As far as gimmicks go, the endless loop album has definitely been done before. What makes Gizz’s attempt so memorable is how relentless the entire 41 minute run is. Even in its gentler moments, the album has at least one out of the seven band members playing their ass off on any given instrumental. These moments, however, are more the exception than the rule – usually all 7 Lizard Wizards are going at once, helmed by Stu Mackenzie’s inspired yipping on top of a massive slate of guitar and double drums. Couple this in with some simple but catchy garage-rock songwriting, and each track is left with a distinct personality plus some insanely good riffs. Of course, it’s the sum of the parts that makes this such a great LP. I’ve always been a fan of artists bleeding tracks into one another, and KG pulls that off flawlessly here. Even better is the use of consistent motifs outside the track they star in, almost as a short intro or easter egg for what’s coming down the line. The whole album thus feels remarkably solid and consistent, a canon in itself. It’s a remarkably satisfying listen that at once is a whole meal in itself while leaving you itching for another loop – a record store in Chicago had this LP’s genre listed only as “fucking incredible,” and I think that’s a fitting accolade all in all.

Another Australian obscurity. It gets better as the album progresses although there is a definite riff through the first two songs. Not really my thing, but certainly more melodic as it goes on and not quite as “hard” rock as it first appears.

This is a strange band. I've heard a few of their albums, just all over the map. This one is pretty catchy indie rock? Upbeat, sounds like fun. 4/5.

My favorite album, by my favorite artist. I remember when I first listened to this album, after meaning to check out "that lizard band" for a while. I put it on while doing some mindless work at my job, and it absolutely blew me away. I think I listened to the loop of the album 3 times in a row that day. And it's been looping in my mind ever since.

Yeah, I can appreciate what is going on here. My biggest beef with KG&TLW is their wall of sound, but the shortness of the album makes it much more reasonable. Good add.

Loved this album

A fun romp. I love the ambition, but I don't think this is infinitely playable.

Love what they are going for, but for me this album is likely more fun to play than listen to. I do need to look into my King Gizzard though cause some songs of theirs really work with my sensibilities.

One of most overrated acts in the last 10 years

King Gizz are brilliant musicians with a truly unique sound. Not our favourite King Gizz album (Butterfly 3000), but its unique concept—that it has no beginning and no end — sets its apart from all the other albums in the 1001 list in its execution. 4.4/5.

I liked this much more than I thought I would. A bit too frenetic for me at times, but a lot of interesting stuff going on. Strangely reminiscent of progressive rock at times, e.g. Yes. Will listen again. 4 stars.

I can understand why someone would want this in this list. When I first saw them live I was really impressed. Hearing it now, I can still understand why. But it is not really my kinda music anymore. Sorry guyz!

Like a Perpetuum mobile, this keeps on going and going and going - never loosing any energy or momentum. Pretty impressive!

Too much noise haha

Interesting and fairly unique, some of it gave me Stereolab vibes. A little repetitious in tone though maybe that's supposed to be more design than flaw given the idea that it is meant to be one continuous loop.

the first song was pretty good, but then it seemed to continue on for the rest of the album. Very samey samey samey samey

I really liked this, and I feel like I've been stingy with my ratings at times. So in keeping with the theme, I'm going to give this a 9.99 repeating out of 10.

I like King Gizzard, can't believe they don't have wider acclaim across the music scene, they seem to have a pretty big online following. I might like Rat's Nest more than this album but this is still great. 9/10

Pretty cool garagey rock

Not my first foray into the realm of the Lizard Wizard. Just a damn good damn for music nerds, perverts, and weirdos (which I am)

I bought into Nonagon's gimmick for the year it was in heavy rotation, starting on a new track each time. It doesn't add much to the record. Gizz pull from infinite energetic musics to make this record, making it probably the most interesting starting point in their discography. Can't decide whether I would quibble about particular albums' inclusion in a list like this; Like all the projects, this one is a uniform more-than-solid.