King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Groove Hard On New Single ‘Field Of Vision’

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard offered a final preview of their album, Flight b741, before its release this Friday on their new p(doom) records label. The band shared the third single off the pending album, “Field Of Vision.”

KGLW’s 26th album, Flight b741 is the follow-up to 2023’s The Silver Cord. The 10-track album was recorded over two weeks in a workmanlike manner, with sessions held Monday through Friday as the band clocked in “like factory workers.”

While past albums have taken on eccentric concepts and strategies, the “no concept” concept approach to Flight b741 captures the “intimacy of six good friends enjoying each other’s company and collaborating on perhaps the warmest, most bonhomie-laden set the group [has] yet committed to wax.”

Born from KGLW guitarist Joey Walker’s demo, “Field Of Vision” has not been performed live by the band. Regarding the song, frontman Stu Mackenzie stated:

“I remember Joey sending me a voice memo of him playing that main riff on acoustic guitar. From his couch to mine. The arrangement was a bit more complicated originally, I think. Perhaps it was closer to the ‘I lied to god’ bridge that came together in the end. Anyway, I don’t think I really understood it or felt the groove, but once we were recording in the studio with the others, it grooved hard. The verse and chorus changes came together quickly and in real time, and we had a tune on our hands. Joey’s baby, this song. And Joey likes to do it right.

“Joey called me a couple of weeks after the sessions, saying we gotta cut the track ‘‘cos it’s shit.’ What a bummer. And a surprise. Myself and Amby [multi-instrumentalist Ambrose Kenny-Smith] (who loved it) spent the next two days in the studio laying down our vocal parts and overdubs, trying to save it. We dubbed in the guitar-solo-type-section with parts chopped up from outtakes and added a blown out guitar solo. It was a $100 harmony acoustic guitar played through some outboard gear that it was definitely not designed to be used with ha ha. Studios are fun. I hoped he liked it. We printed the tape and sent it to him with a note saying, ‘pleeease man, this has gotta be on the record.’ Joey obliged (but not until after he redid all of his parts). Groove restored.

“We hope you dig it. Love stu xoxo”

Listen to “Field Of Vision” below: