You want catchy, looping psych
Nonagon Infinity
2016Five songs that run straight into each other and back to the start, so the record loops forever. It's the one most people get hooked on first.
PLAY FIRST · Robot Stop
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Where to start
King Gizzard have put out 27 albums, and they don't sound like each other. One's thrash metal, one's all acoustic flute, one's tuned to notes that don't exist on a normal guitar. That's why “where do I start” is a genuinely hard question, and why most answers are bad.
Don't start at the beginning and work forward. Pick the sound you already like and start there. Here's a door for each.
You want it heavy
Infest the Rats' Nest
2019Straight thrash metal about a dying planet and everyone who can afford it leaving. No psych, no long jams — fast and mean.
PLAY FIRST · Planet B
You want strange and hypnotic
Flying Microtonal Banana
2017Played on custom instruments tuned to the notes between the notes, so it sounds slightly off in a way you can't quite place. It works on you.
PLAY FIRST · Rattlesnake
You want mellow
Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
2015All acoustic, mostly flute and clarinet, recorded soft. The gentle one for when the rest of it feels like a lot.
PLAY FIRST · Trapdoor
You want pretty and melodic
Butterfly 3000
2021Synth-driven and warm, their most straightforwardly tuneful record. An easy first listen that doesn't ask much of you.
PLAY FIRST · Shanghai
You want one long piece
Polygondwanaland
2017One continuous suite that flows through without stopping. The band put it out free for anyone to press and sell themselves — which is more or less how this whole app thinks.
PLAY FIRST · press play and let it run
Then hear them live
The albums are the front door. The band records and gives away every show, and the long live jams are where a lot of people fall all the way in. They're all here to stream.
Once you're in
Picked a door and liked it? These are the next corners worth wandering into.
2014
I'm in Your Mind Fuzz
The four linked motorik songs that open it are the classic gateway run.
2017
Murder of the Universe
A narrated horror story in three chapters. Weird, and rewards the patience.
2017
Sketches of Brunswick East
Loose and jazzy, made with Mild High Club. Sunday listening.
2019
Fishing for Fishies
Boogie and blues. The most relaxed they get.
2023
PetroDragonic Apocalypse
Modern metal, if Rats' Nest landed and you want more.
Want the full map — how the albums connect, the characters, the whole Gizzverse? Read the lore →
Open it, and add it to your phone
No app store. It runs in your browser, and you can add it to your home screen so it opens like an app. Free.
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