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The fifth album of 2017 from king gizzard finally on physical formats. A collection of songs is the most accurate description for this album. Unlike the rest of 2017s releases or anything Gizz have produced since 2014s Im in Your Mind Fuzz Gumboot Soup isnt held together by any semblance of a concept, leading many to dub it a sequel to their 2014 hotchpotch Oddments. Still, there is one relatively consistent element: Gumboot Soup is Gizzs most thorough embrace of melody ever, with the band going all in on infectious psych-pop tunes. Beginners Luck not just because of its gambling-based lyrics does this particularly well, sprinkled with Beatles influence and topped off with an exhilaratingly erratic wah-wah guitar solo. The penultimate track Im Sleepin In commits to this idea even further, with a beat so catchy it practically begs to be clapped along to. Elsewhere, the band blend this direction with the jazz-prog rhythms of the previous two records Polygondwanaland and Sketches of Brunswick East. Barefoot Desert and The Last Oasis both fronted by harmonica player Ambrose Kenny-Smith achieve this in two distinct ways. The formers tight groove and yelpy vocals give it a slight Talking Heads vibe, whilst the latters heavenly vocals and lush instrumentation sound like a hypnagogic re-imagining of a SoBE track. Muddy Water as well as being the third Gizz song named after a description of water is an enthralling prog folk flurry that wouldnt sound out of place on a Jethro Tull album, elaborately intertwining acoustic guitar, bass and drum rhythms. Later on, Cook Craig fronts Down the Sink, a delectable slice of funk rock unlike anything else the group have done before.
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