Butterfly 3000
Jun 11, 2021 • LP
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Tracklist
- 1Yours4:35
- 2Shanghai4:00
- 3Dreams4:04
- 4Blue Morpho3:50
- 5Interior People5:15
- 6Catching Smoke6:28
- 72.02 Killer Year3:19
- 8Black Hot Soup5:12
- 9Ya Love4:15
- 10Butterfly 30002:51
Notes
Falling upwards through clouds of glue
Split dry sky beckons me through
A hand outstretched calls my name
Time to wake again
The most positive, uplifting album and first to be composed entirely in major scales. The band accompanies programmed synths through a trippy odyssey, looking far into the future and exploring themes of metamorphosis with newfound confidence inspired by fatherhood. Butterfly 3000 is the first to get a completed accompanying visual album, where each track has a music video. This was attempted for Nonagon Infinity, but the project was abandoned by the band’s primary visual collaborator Jason Galea in order to keep up with the flurry of albums proceeding that release. This time a diverse spread of friends and new collaborators were commissioned, producing a remarkable body of visual work and appealing to new demographics.
What to listen to next:
• If you liked the positive, relaxed atmosphere
• If you want more complex rhythmic interplay between synths and the band
• If you want to hear another electronic jam album
• If you want to hear another dense arrangement with parenthood themes I’m familiar with the main albums and want to go deeper:
• If you want to hear the remix version
Album Credits
Butterfly 3000 - ℗ & © 2021 KGLW - Used by permission.
• Recorded by King Gizzard in 2019 and 2020
• All songs mixed by Stu Mackenzie except Interior People Mixed by Joey Walker and Catching Smoke mixed by Joey Walker and Stu Mackenzie
• Mastered by Joseph Carra
• Artwork, photography, and layout by Jason Galea
• Produced by Stu Mackenzie
The most positive, uplifting album and first to be composed entirely in major scales. The band accompanies programmed synths through a trippy odyssey, looking far into the future and exploring themes of metamorphosis with newfound confidence inspired by fatherhood. Butterfly 3000 is the first to get a completed accompanying visual album, where each track has a music video. This was attempted for Nonagon Infinity, but the project was abandoned by the band’s primary visual collaborator Jason Galea in order to keep up with the flurry of albums proceeding that release. This time a diverse spread of friends and new collaborators were commissioned, producing a remarkable body of visual work and appealing to new demographics.
What to listen to next:
• If you liked the positive, relaxed atmosphere
• If you want more complex rhythmic interplay between synths and the band
• If you want to hear another electronic jam album
• If you want to hear another dense arrangement with parenthood themes I’m familiar with the main albums and want to go deeper:
• If you want to hear the remix version
Album Credits
Butterfly 3000 - ℗ & © 2021 KGLW - Used by permission.
• Recorded by King Gizzard in 2019 and 2020
• All songs mixed by Stu Mackenzie except Interior People Mixed by Joey Walker and Catching Smoke mixed by Joey Walker and Stu Mackenzie
• Mastered by Joseph Carra
• Artwork, photography, and layout by Jason Galea
• Produced by Stu Mackenzie