The Silver Cord (King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard album)
2023 studio album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Silver Cord is the 25th studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, released on 27 October 2023 on KGLW.[4] Produced by band leader Stu Mackenzie, the project is made up of two distinct albums[5] with extended or shortened versions of the same tracks: one lasting 28 minutes, the other 88 minutes.
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Released | 27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) | |||
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Length | 28:14 (Standard digital) 40:05 (Standard vinyl) 88:44 (Extended edition) | |||
Label | KGLW | |||
Producer | Stu Mackenzie | |||
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"I love Donna Summer's records with Giorgio Moroder, and I'd never listen to the short versions now—I'm one of those people who wants to hear the whole thing. We're testing the boundaries of people's attention spans when it comes to listening to music, perhaps—but I'm heavily interested in destroying such concepts."
—Producer Stu Mackenzie on the extended versions of songs on The Silver Cord[3]
Inspired by drummer Michael Cavanagh's purchase of a Simmons electronic drum kit,[6] the band eschewed their guitar-based rock sound for this release, instead focusing on synthesizer-based music.