Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores On 7 September, it was revealed that copies of the album will be available at the band's show at the Orpheum in New Orleans, on 27 October, a day ahead of the album's release date.Ī music video for the first single 'Hate Dancin'', directed by John Angus Stuart, was released on 17 October. Every song on the album is built out of a section of 'Change.' Release And then 'Astroturf' is built out of one of the chord progressions in 'Change' as well. Mackenzie described the following songs as building out of the first track: ''Hate Dancin'' is built out of one of the chord progressions from 'Change'. That became the album's 13-minute opening track 'Change', which was described as an 'odyssey touching on kaleidoscopic '60s pop, color-splattered prog-rock fireworks, and floaty, keyboard-driven retro R&B'. Ĭhanges was originally going to be one long song. It was also noted that the first letter of each song title on Changes spells out the album’s title. The overall sound of the album was described as 'soaked in the warm sonics of 70s R’n’B and guided by simple chord-changes that contain multitudes'. Īs stated by band member Stu Mackenzie: 'Every song is built around this one chord progression – every track is like a variation on a theme.' The band had been 'tinkering with' Changes since then, calling the album 'not necessarily our most complex record, but every little piece and each sound you hear has been thought about a lot.' The eventual release of the album contains 'Exploding Suns' as it was recorded back in 2017.

Changes was supposed to be the final one, however the band didn't think the album was finished, and instead released Gumboot Soup.

That same year, the band released five studio albums. Every overdub and every part is important', and described the record as 'more of a song cycle'.

It’s super considered, for a Gizz record.

More details came on 12 July, when it was reported that the last album was 'something Gizzard has been working on since 2017 - the longest amount of time the band has ever spent on a single record.' Mackenzie stated that 'There isn’t a jamming vibe on it. On 18 June 2022, the band posted a tweet promising three more albums by the end of 2022. It is the third album the band released during October of 2022 and fifth and final album to be released overall during the year. Changes is the 23rd studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, released on 28 October 2022.

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