King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard will release their new LP Phantom Island, on June 13th, ahead of it’s arrival, they have shared lead single “Deadstick.” The album, is the band’s second release on their own (p)doom records label. King Gizzard will embark on their 2025 Phantom Island orchestral tour this July. Featuring a different accompanying 29-piece orchestra in each city – and ably led by conductor & music director Sarah Hicks.

The roots of the album can be traced back to the group’s show at the Hollywood Bowl in June 2023. Gizz met some members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic backstage who urged them to take part in an annual series where the orchestra plays alongside rock and pop acts. Fast-forward to 2024, and the Gizz are hunkered down in their clubhouse, plugged into tiny practice amps and choogling to their hearts’ content. The results of these sessions yield that year’s Aria-nominated Flight b741. But these sessions yielded ten further songs that didn’t quite fit the Flight b741 vibe, and which, Mackenzie says, “were harder to finish. Musically, they needed a little more time and space and thought.”

Quickly, the group’s collective mind leapt to the LA Philharmonic. “The songs felt like they needed this other energy and colour, that we needed to splash some different paint on the canvas,” Mackenzie says. He reached out to friend, British historical keyboardist, conductor and arranger Chad Kelly. “He brings this wealth of musical awareness to his chameleon-like arrangements,” Mackenzie says. “We come from such different worlds – he plays Mozart and Bach and uses the same harpsichords they did, and tunes them the exact same way. But he’s obsessed with microtonal music, too, and all this nerdy stuff like me. Lead single “Deadstick” puts Kelly’s elaborate orchestrations on display, raising the graceful and complex song to the sublime, transforming it into a giddy jazz-rock riot.

On the song’s accompanying video, director Guy Tyzack says: “I started off wanting to create a frame that looked like a landscape painting with many different people and set pieces dotted about. Deadstick refers to when a plane propeller stops midflight so I decided to have a massive plane made out of cardboard crash land into a beautiful location. The song is big and chaotic so then I went about casting swing dancers and eccentric extras to fill the landscape.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Phantom Island
Tracklist
p(doom) records

1. Phantom Island
2. Deadstick
3. Lonely Cosmos
4. Eternal Return
5. Panpsych
6. Spacesick
7. Aerodynamic
8. Sea of Doubt
9. Silent Spirit
10. Grow Wings and Fly

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 2025 Tour Dates

Sun. May 18 – Tue. May 20 – Lisbon, PT @ Coliseu dos Recreios *
Fri. May 23 – Sun. May 25 – Barcelona, ES @ Poble Espanyol *
Thu. May 29 – Sat. May 31 – Vilnius, LT @ Lukiškės Prison 2.0 ^
Wed. June 4 – Fri. June 6 – Athens, GR @ Lycabettus Theatre City of Athens #
Sun. June 8 – Tue. June 10 – Plovdiv, BG @ Ancient Theatre ^
Fri. June 13 – Sun. June 15 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
Mon. July 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ TD Pavilion At The Mann (w/ Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia) $
Wed. July 30 – New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl (w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s) $
Fri. August 1 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium (w/ Orchestra of St. Luke’s) $
Sat. August 2 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium (Rock ‘n Roll Show) $
Mon. August 4 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
(w/ National Symphony Orchestra) $
Wed. August 6 – Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival (w/ Chicago Philharmonic) $
Fri. August 8 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Ford Amphitheater (w/ Colorado Symphony) $
Sun. August 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl (w/ Hollywood Bowl Orchestra) $
Mon. August 11 – San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park (w/ San Diego Symphony Orchestra) $
Fri. August 15 – Sun. August 17 – Buena Vista, CO @ FIELD OF VISION at Meadow Creek %
Fri. October 31 – Manchester, UK @ Aviva Studios (Rave Set)
Sat. November 1 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton (Rave Set)
Sun. November 2 – London, UK @ Electric Brixton (Rave Set)
Tue. November 4 – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall (w/ Covent Garden Sinfonia)
Wed. November 5 – Paris, FR @ La Seine Musicale (w/ L’Orchestre Lamoureux)
Thu. November 6 – Tilburg, NL @ 013 (Rave Set)
Fri. November 7 – Den Bosch, NL @ MAINSTAGE ( w/ Sinfonia Rotterdam)
Sun. November 9 – Gdansk, PL @ Inside Seaside Festival
(w/ The Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra)
Mon. November 10 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle (Rave Set)
Tue. November 11 – Prague, CZ @ SaSaZu (Rave Set)
Wed. November 12 – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer (Rave Set)
Fri. November 14 – Copenhagen, DK @ Poolen (Rave Set)
Sat. November 15 – Gothenburg, SE @ Gothenburg Film Studios (Rave Set)

* w/ Etran De L’Aïr
^ w/ King Stingray
# w/ King Stingray, DJ Crenshaw
$ w/ DJ Crenshaw
% w/ Babe Rainbow, Gaye Su Akyol, King Stingray, Mannequin Pussy, Memo PST, Pearl Charles, The Mystery Lights, The Songs For Kids Band!, White Fence, DJ Crenshaw

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