The ever-busy King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard revealed last year that they recorded an entire album with an orchestra in the same time period that they made 2024’s Flight B741. Now, the Australian prog-rock band has announced the LP, titled Phantom Island, is on its way. A release date has not yet been revealed, but the band has hinted that more information will be revealed on April 15. You can check out the cover artwork and previously shared title track below.
“A lot of love and time and energy and patience and growth went into this one,” lead singer-guitarist Stu Mackenzie wrote on social media. “Can’t wait to grow wings and fly with all of you.”
“Phantom Island” is the first of 10 tracks on the new album. It’s the whopping 27th album of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s career, following last year’s Flight B741 and two 2023 records: The Silver Cord and PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. The band hasn’t specified which orchestra actually plays on the album, but the credits for the lead single do note that it was conducted by Brett Kelly.
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Phantom Island:
01 Phantom Island
02 Deadstick
03 Lonely Cosmos
04 Eternal Return
05 Panpsych
06 Spacesick
07 Aerodynamic
08 Sea of Doubt
09 Silent Spirit
10 Grow Wings and Fly
Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Phantom Island would be released on April 15. It has been updated to reflect that a release date for the album has not yet been announced.
