King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Announce New Album Entropy, Two North American Tours

It’s a companion LP to their last album, Alien MetalKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Photo by Maclay HeriotKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are releasing a new album, Entropy, on December 4, a companion to the Eurorack explorations of previous LP, Alien Metal. The rock band have also announced two North American tours taking place next year, one in August and the other October. Below, check out the full tour slate and the project’s first single, “Rogue Wave.”The band originally planned to release Entropy and Alien Metal at the same time, however, after hitting challenges recording Alien Metal, “Entropy began to feel like its own project, something that could stand on its own, and needed a little longer to simmer,” said frontman Stu Mackenzie in a statement. The key differences between the two? “Alien Metal’s tracks are 143bpm and in F sharp; Entropy’s tracks are at 160bpm and in the key of A,” Mackenzie says.Read more about King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard in Pitchfork’s The 20 Best Rock Albums of 2017.Entropy:01 Aeon02 Heaven & Hell03 Hard Sync04 Rogue Wave05 Angel06 To Mercury…07 Face of the Earth08 EntropyKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard:08-05 - 08-06 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Forever Cemetery08-07 San Diego, CA - The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park08-08 Flagstaff, AZ - Pepsi Amphitheater08-10 Santa Fe, NM - Hipico08-13 Colorado Springs, CO - Ford Amphitheater08-14 Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom08-15 Dillon, CO - Dillon Amphitheater08-17 Reno, NV - Club Underground08-18 Daly City, CA - Cow Palace08-19 Portland, OR - TBD08-21 Quincy, WA - The Gorge Amphitheatre08-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - Freedom Mobile Arch08-24 Calgary, Alberta - Big Four Roadhouse08-25 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place08-26 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Burton Cummings Theatre08-27 Minneapolis, MN - The Armory10-06 Dallas, TX - Longhorn Backyard Amphitheater10-07 Austin, TX - Germania Insurance Amphitheater10-08 New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre10-09 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre10-11 Grundy County, TN - The Caverns (Above Ground Amphitheater)10-12 - Asheville, NC - Hellbender 10-19 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS10-20 - Toronto, Ontario - The Theatre at Great Canadian Toronto10-21 - Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion10-22 - Chicago, IL - Wintrust ArenaKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 2027 TourKiana Mickles is a staff writer at Pitchfork. They previously worked as the reviews editor at Resident Advisor. They were born and raised in New York. ... Read More