King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard pulled out a few songs they haven’t played much in their second show at Remlinger Farms east of Seattle. They also played a nearly 30-minute version of “The Dripping Tap,” to close out their show, leaving them two to go on their 15-show U.S. Residency Tour.
The band has one more show at Remlinger Farms today, and then a marathon set at Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
King Gizz opened the affair with “Static Electricity,” off their 2021 LP L.G.
This put the flying microtonal banana guitar into the hands of frontman Stu Mackenzie to start the show, and that yellow guitar is always going a please the fans.
The song hadn’t been played since March 16, a 22-show gap, according to KGLW.net. That was the biggest bust out of the night, if it can be called that.
Check out KGLW.net’s full setlist with notes here.
For the second time in a row, the band had a guest do the vocal intro, this time it was sound technician Gaspard Demulemeester. As a band member noted, “He’s from Belgium.” He did the vocal intro in French. At Chicago’s Salt Shed last week, it was the fan Seb from New Jersey who had the honor.
“Thank you, Gaspard,” said Mackenzie who continued with the banana for this song off 2017’s Flying Microtonal Banana.
“Honey,” off 2020’s K.G. LP was next, and this one was taken deep and funky, with lots of microtonal guitar and harmonica. The song also contained “Sleep Drifter” teases.
Ambrose Kenny-Smith wondered aloud, “What is that animal?” of a large inflatable lizard, which was actually a gila monster.
And when he realized what it was, the band then launched into the song of the same name off their new LP. It was the first of two heavier sections of the show.
PetroDragonic Apocalypse or Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation was released officially June 16.
The band wasn’t done with the new LP, though, and also pulled out “Witchcraft,” keeping things heavy and Petrodragonic.
Drummer Michael Cavanagh played a drum solo at the beginning of “Self-Immolate,” from 2019’s Infest the Rats’ Nest.
Then it was two in a row off 2017’s Polygondwanaland with “Crumbling Castle,” and “The Fourth Colour.”
Multi-instrumentalist (shit, the entire band could be called as much) Joey Walker went to the band’s synthesizer station during “Crumbling Castle,” and got things into a deep techno mode on the back end of the jam here.
Walker also got the nod on the next song, “This Thing,” off 2019’s Fishing For Fishies LP. This upbeat song that opens up with funky harmonica has been played at every residency location on the tour so far (The Caverns, Red Rocks and The Salt Shed), and it’s kind of been perfectly timed.
The show was rounding the bend, and it veered away from the louder, heavier mode the band is known for.
Next was “Astroturf,” off their last LP, Changes. It’s the fourth time it was pulled out including its debut at The Caverns on June 2. It was the first song to be played live off that album that was released last October. There was a lot of harmonica on the front end of this song, which is a departure from the studio version. Mackenzie also used his deep “frog’s breath” vocal effect on this song, asides from getting his flute piping hot.
One of the best things about the song is the bass work near the end of the song from Lucas Harwood.
This version had a slower tempo than the others. It was also trippier than the others.
That set up “Work This Time,” off 2014’s Oddments LP. The song trippy song led by Walker hadn’t been played yet on this tour .
Walker and the band worked up a fine version of this one, and he delivered on his vocals.
He also ripped his guitar solo and made an already psychedelic song even moreso.
The band passed the baton to Cook Craig for “The Garden Goblin,” for the first of two songs off 2022’s go-to LP Omnium Gatherum to close out the show.
Then it was “The Dripping Tap,” to close things out, and the band had a considerable amount of time yet.
“We might jam,” said Kenny-Smith.
He was just being a bit sarcastic about a song that is 18 minutes long in the studio and is composed like a zany “sandwich” jam – returning repeatedly to a main theme – in the first place.
As Ambrose noted the band had opened the song already in jam mode, and this one had great improvisation. It was a uniquely jammed, compared to other four previous versions they have already played on this tour.
“Come on you hillbillies,” Kenny-Smith said at the end of singing the opening verses. He ended up down off the stage and on the edge of the crowd.
It contained “Crumbing Castle,” teases and quotes, “Cellophane,” teases and quotes, and “Head On/Pill” teases. They have been pretty curious with their teasings and quotations on this tour, and these three choices were no different. “Crumbling,” had been played earlier in the show, “Cellophane” had been played in the previous show, and “Head On/Pill” has been played only once on this tour at The Caverns on June 3.
This version went north of 29 minutes long.