Fishing For Fishies
by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

From AAL2014 01/13/2025 03:09 | #306960

One of their best sounding albums and one that’s interestingly a little more difficult to define in terms of genre and sonics.

That said, for me, it’s one of the more middle of the pack albums in the band’s discography. Fishing For Fishies has a few great tracks like Real’s Not Real and The Bird Song, but a couple I’m more lukewarm on as well.

Very good

95/100

What a piece of Art, Stu continues his perfectionism, an album you can hear from the beginning to end, gorgeous material

With Igor, the Best album of 2019 so far!

King Giz can do whatever they want, do it well, and still sound King Gizzy. What a fun album.

Not the best album they have and not their usual sound, but that's what makes it so good. King Gizzy rest a little from their neo-psychedelia and make a fantastically fun album laden with boogie and tinged with an environmental message.

Best Tracks: The Bird Song, Real's Not Real

7.0/10

Now that they had completed their challenge in 2017 with five albums, it was time for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard to rest a little bit. The crazy and prolific Australian band of Stu MacKenzie had thus published nothing last year. So in 2019 they come back with their fourteenth album entitled "Fishing For Fishies". What is certain, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have not lost their energy overflowing. There is no doubt that King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard has a little too exploded on this "Fishing For Fishing". The band has tried to make a blues album stained boogie for an exuberant and a little disappointing result but that does not interfere with the creative freedom of these Australians who have become legends of psychedelic rock.

7/10

Best track: "Cyboogie"

From Cargusbralem 05/08/2019 19:12 | #236008

King Gizz still shows continuous growth with this new bluesy LP. It hits hard with its tight production and unique vibe, managing to keep Rock alive and making it sound fresh for a little while longer.

I also love the final moments on Acarine, which are a pretty adventurous transition to cross from the Rock realm to whatever Cyboogie is. This last track sounds very silly at first but I've grown to enjoy it over time. KG&TLW tends to be silly-sounding sometimes but Cyboogie pushes it a little further.

Favorites: Fishing for Fishies, Boogieman Sam, Real's not Real

A brilliant adventure in retro seventies boogie. Loads of energy. Really good.

From luigybetis 04/28/2019 22:41 | #235620

It has something special, original, creative... These guys might be one of the best bands of this 21st century...

From LedZep 04/27/2019 18:21 | #235578

After first listen I wasn't impressed at all, but now I'm in love with it! Even Cyboogie which wasn't my favourite when they released it as a single is now a killer track. It's maybe not in top 5 Gizzard albums, but it's consistently fun and well-written record which makes me wanna be eco-conscious.