130-615: Tiny Giants are an Australian garage rock band from Ocean Grove Victoria , formed late 2010 under the pseudonym "The Flaming Jets". They became "The Tiny Giants" in early 2011 and released two EP's under this name before changing to "Tiny Giants" for the release of their debut album. The band consists of Jasper Jolley (Guitar, Vocals), Etienne Mantelli (Bass, Drums, Guitar, Vocals) and George Wilson (Drums, Bass, Vocals). The band initially formed after Etienne Mantelli met Jasper Jolley and George Wilson outside of local Ocean Grove venue "The Piping Hot Chicken Shop". They originally formed under
260-479: A Mediterranean climate . The south-east ranges from oceanic (Tasmania and coastal Victoria) to humid subtropical (upper half of New South Wales), with the highlands featuring alpine and subpolar oceanic climates . The interior is arid to semi-arid . Driven by climate change , average temperatures have risen more than 1°C since 1960 . Associated changes in rainfall patterns and climate extremes exacerbate existing issues such as drought and bushfires . 2019
390-511: A belt of Brigalow grasslands lie between the coast and the mountains, while inland of the dividing range are large areas of grassland and shrubland. These include the western plains of New South Wales, and the Mitchell Grass Downs and Mulga Lands of inland Queensland. The northernmost point of the mainland is the tropical Cape York Peninsula . The landscapes of the Top End and
520-793: A large wave of immigration from across Europe , with such immigrants referred to as " New Australians ". This required a relaxation of the white Australia policy , which was justified to Australians using the slogan "populate or perish". A member of the Western Bloc during the Cold War , Australia participated in the Korean War and the Malayan Emergency during the 1950s and the Vietnam War from 1962 to 1972. During this time, tensions over communist influence in society led to unsuccessful attempts by
650-405: A subreddit dedicated to the band, popularised the term "Gizzverse" to describe the overarching narrative of their discography, about which many theories have been propagated. In a 2017 interview, Stu Mackenzie confirmed that the band's releases are all connected, saying, "They all exist in this parallel universe and they may be from different times and different places but they all can co-exist in
780-581: A big year of output with some of their most divisive music yet, claiming: "Part of me thinks this is the best we've ever done. And part of me thinks it's the worst." He also talked about making a sequel to Chunky Shrapnel . In 2020, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard were listed at No. 47 in Rolling Stone Australia ' s list of the "50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time". The album L.W. (Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 3) ,
910-402: A bit of experience when making this record. They experimented with tracks featuring a second guitar played by Etienne Mantelli, instead of the usual bass guitar. They also experimented with the use of flute and vocal harmonies and they were featured more than in their previous records. The album was much more a Psych Rock album than it was Garage Rock , heavily drenched in delay and reverb. This
1040-828: A break, and then all these random, disparate song ideas came out of that void of not recording for a little while. Then we worked on everything, one album at a time. The band's ninth full-length album, Flying Microtonal Banana , was recorded in the band's own studio and released on 24 February 2017. The album was recorded using custom instruments adhering to 24 TET . It was described as "a soaring take on microtonal music" by Guitar World . Three tracks were issued in advance: " Rattlesnake " (the opening track) in October 2016, "Nuclear Fusion" in December, and "Sleep Drifter" in January 2017. The music video for "Rattlesnake", directed by Jason Galea,
1170-607: A combination of the two. The name stuck. The cover art was made in the studio by bassist Etienne Mantelli out of a dreadlock from guitarist Jasper Jolley that had recently been pulled out. The reason for the photo being blue was the odd lighting mixed with a crappy Instagram filter that was popular at the time. The band released the EP at Queenscliff Music Festival. The EP was well received and got some media attention, having online articles commending it. The articles were written early 2014 and promoted their upcoming debut album. Their debut album
1300-461: A date which later became Australia's national day . Most early settlers were convicts , transported for petty crimes and assigned as labourers or servants to "free settlers" (willing immigrants). Once emancipated , convicts tended to integrate into colonial society. Convict rebellions and uprisings were suppressed under martial law, which lasted for two years following the 1808 Rum Rebellion , Australia's only successful coup d'état . During
1430-498: A meaningful way". In the same interview, drummer Eric Moore joked that even prior to the band's formation, they decided how the story will end. The band's lyrics often feature environmental themes , meditating on topics have such as the collapse of civilisation and climate change , particularly on the albums Infest the Rats' Nest , Flying Microtonal Banana , Fishing for Fishies , K.G. and L.W. . Mackenzie has said: "We've got
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#17330558608341560-401: A music video for the title track on YouTube. Later that month, the band released another single from the album, "Boogieman Sam", and on 24 April, the band dropped a final single, "The Bird Song". Two days later, the album was released. On 9 April, the band released a music video for their new song, "Planet B". On the 30th, Mackenzie confirmed that the band's next album (featuring "Planet B")
1690-478: A prolific discography . The band's early releases blended surf music and garage rock and were released on their label, Flightless . They released several psychedelic and progressive rock albums in the early 2010s, and incorporated a broader range of musical styles later in the decade, such as jazz fusion on Quarters! and the folk -inspired Paper Mâché Dream Balloon . In 2016, they generated more mainstream attention with Nonagon Infinity , which won
1820-497: A room while Mackenzie sang into one of them. The band's second full-length album, Eyes Like the Sky , was released on 22 February 2013. Described as a "cult western audio book", the album is narrated by Broderick Smith and tells the story of outlaws, Native Americans , and other figures of the American frontier . It was written collaboratively by Smith and Stu Mackenzie. Mackenzie said
1950-673: A second year. The band played regular shows in pubs and clubs in Melbourne, migrating north to the big smoke from their beach town of Ocean Grove, starting to properly build a following. They won the Queenscliff Music Festival In 2019, George Carroll Wilson released his debut single as Pollyman, "Japanese Rock and Roll" on the Bonsai Records label, with the project becoming a trio when his brother Fenn Wilson joined alongside Alister Hull. Australia Australia , officially
2080-420: A series of marathon tours in the U.S. for 2024, and said that the album accompanying PetroDragonic Apocalypse is "synth-y". In September, they announced The Silver Cord . Three singles ("Theia", "The Silver Cord", and "Set"), and a music video released on 3 October. The album was released on 27 October. p(doom) Records , the band's new record label, was announced on May 6, 2024, which they named after
2210-568: A settlement was established in Van Diemen's Land (present-day Tasmania ), and in 1813, Gregory Blaxland , William Lawson and William Wentworth crossed the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, opening the interior to European settlement. The British claim extended to the whole Australian continent in 1827 when Major Edmund Lockyer established a settlement on King George Sound (modern-day Albany ). The Swan River Colony (present-day Perth )
2340-548: A short distance off the north-east coast and extends for more than 2,000 km (1,200 mi). Mount Augustus , claimed to be the world's largest monolith, is located in Western Australia. At 2,228 m (7,310 ft), Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on the Australian mainland. Even taller are Mawson Peak , at 2,745 m (9,006 ft), on the remote Australian external territory of Heard Island , and, in
2470-411: A wide variety of landscapes, with tropical rainforests in the north-east, mountain ranges in the south-east, south-west and east, and desert in the centre. The desert or semi-arid land commonly known as the outback makes up by far the largest portion of land. Australia is the driest inhabited continent; its annual rainfall averaged over continental area is less than 500 mm. The population density
2600-436: Is 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometre, although the large majority of the population lives along the temperate south-eastern coastline. The population density exceeds 19,500 inhabitants per square kilometre in central Melbourne. In 2021 Australia had 10% of the global permanent meadows and pastureland. Forest cover is around 17% of Australia's total land area. The Great Barrier Reef , the world's largest coral reef, lies
2730-413: Is a constitutional monarchy , a parliamentary democracy and a federation . The country has maintained its mostly unchanged constitution alongside a stable liberal democratic political system since Federation in 1901. It is one of the world's oldest federations, in which power is divided between the federal and state governments. The Australian system of government combines elements derived from
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#17330558608342860-442: Is a collaboration with Alex Brettin's psychedelic jazz project, Mild High Club . Taking inspiration from Miles Davis ' 1960 album Sketches of Spain , as well as the band's base recording location of Brunswick East in Melbourne, it is a jazz improvisational album. Mackenzie described the record as relating to the constant changes in their neighborhood, and trying to finding beauty in the location. The album Polygondwanaland
2990-761: Is governed by convention and their precise scope is unclear. The most notable exercise of these powers was the dismissal of the Whitlam government in the constitutional crisis of 1975 . King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard ( KGLW ) are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria . The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie , Ambrose Kenny-Smith , Cook Craig , Joey Walker , Lucas Harwood, and Michael Cavanagh. They are known for exploring multiple genres , staging energetic live shows, and building
3120-569: Is now Southeast Asia. It is uncertain how many waves of immigration may have contributed to these ancestors of modern Aboriginal Australians. The Madjedbebe rock shelter in Arnhem Land is possibly the oldest site showing the presence of humans in Australia. The oldest human remains found are the Lake Mungo remains , which have been dated to around 41,000 years ago. Aboriginal Australian culture
3250-609: Is one of only two pristine Archaean 3.6–2.7 Ga (billion years ago) crusts identified on the Earth. Having been part of all major supercontinents , the Australian continent began to form after the breakup of Gondwana in the Permian , with the separation of the continental landmass from the African continent and Indian subcontinent. It separated from Antarctica over a prolonged period beginning in
3380-460: Is one of the oldest continuous cultures on Earth. At the time of first European contact, Aboriginal Australians belonged to wide range of societies, with diverse economies spread across at least 250 different language groups . Estimates of the Aboriginal population before British settlement range from 300,000 to 3 million. Aboriginal Australians cultures were (and remain) deeply connected with
3510-411: Is unique. About 85% of flowering plants, 84% of mammals, more than 45% of birds , and 89% of in-shore, temperate-zone fish are endemic . Australia has at least 755 species of reptile, more than any other country in the world. Besides Antarctica, Australia is the only continent that developed without feline species. Feral cats may have been introduced in the 17th century by Dutch shipwrecks, and later in
3640-480: The ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album . In 2017, the band fulfilled a promise to release five studio albums within the year, and also marked the beginning of a trilogy of microtonal albums with Flying Microtonal Banana . Subsequent releases integrated heavy metal , synth-pop and progressive rock , and feature lyrics that address environmental themes and a connected fictional universe termed
3770-511: The Ancienne Belgique on 8–9 October 2019), was released on 15 January. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the band postponed their Greek Theatre and Red Rocks three-hour marathon shows for later in the year. The band had also produced a film to be released, titled Chunky Shrapnel ; however, also due to the outbreak, the initial viewing was postponed for a later date, and then cancelled. It
3900-731: The Colonial Office that it be formally adopted. In 1824, the Admiralty agreed that the continent should be known officially by that name. The first official published use of the new name came with the publication in 1830 of The Australia Directory by the Hydrographic Office . Colloquial names for Australia include " Oz ", " Straya " and " Down Under ". Other epithets include "the Great Southern Land", "the Lucky Country" (from
4030-524: The Commonwealth of Australia , is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest country by area in Oceania . It is the world's oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with some of
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4160-579: The Gulf Country —with their tropical climate—include forest, woodland, wetland, grassland, rainforest and desert. At the north-west corner of the continent are the sandstone cliffs and gorges of The Kimberley , and below that the Pilbara . The Victoria Plains tropical savanna lies south of the Kimberley and Arnhem Land savannas, forming a transition between the coastal savannas and the interior deserts. At
4290-542: The Indian Ocean Dipole and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation , which is correlated with periodic drought , and the seasonal tropical low-pressure system that produces cyclones in northern Australia. These factors cause rainfall to vary markedly from year to year. Much of the northern part of the country has a tropical, predominantly summer-rainfall ( monsoon ). The south-west corner of the country has
4420-479: The Iraq War from 2003 to 2009. The nation's trade relations also became increasingly oriented towards East Asia in the 21st century, with China becoming the nation's largest trading partner by a large margin. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , several of Australia's largest cities were locked down for extended periods and free movement across the national and state borders was restricted in an attempt to slow
4550-638: The Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party of Australia , and a bitter split in the Labor Party in 1955. As a result of a 1967 referendum , the federal government gained the power to legislate with regard to Indigenous Australians, and Indigenous Australians were fully included in the census . Pre-colonial land interests (referred to as native title in Australia) was recognised in law for
4680-701: The Pacific Community ; the Commonwealth of Nations ; and the defence and security organisations ANZUS , AUKUS , and the Five Eyes . It is also a major non-NATO ally of the United States. The name Australia (pronounced / ə ˈ s t r eɪ l i ə / in Australian English ) is derived from the Latin Terra Australis ( ' southern land ' ), a name used for a hypothetical continent in
4810-520: The Permian and continuing through to the Cretaceous . When the last glacial period ended in about 10,000 BC, rising sea levels formed Bass Strait , separating Tasmania from the mainland. Then between about 8,000 and 6,500 BC, the lowlands in the north were flooded by the sea, separating New Guinea, the Aru Islands , and the mainland of Australia. The Australian continent is moving toward Eurasia at
4940-663: The Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1949 and gained independence from Australia in 1975. In 1914, Australia joined the Allies in fighting the First World War, and took part in many of the major battles fought on the Western Front . Of about 416,000 who served, about 60,000 were killed and another 152,000 were wounded. Many Australians regard the defeat of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at Gallipoli in 1915 as
5070-514: The Torres Strait Islands . The Dutch charted the whole of the western and northern coastlines and named the island continent " New Holland " during the 17th century, and although no attempt at settlement was made, a number of shipwrecks left men either stranded or, as in the case of the Batavia in 1629, marooned for mutiny and murder, thus becoming the first Europeans to permanently inhabit
5200-465: The artificial intelligence concept of P(doom) . Flight b741 , their 26th studio album, was released on 9 August 2024, marking their first album released on the p(doom) label. On 29 October 2024, via Instagram, they announced the release of a new single titled "Phantom Island", as well as a 27th studio album comprising 10 additional songs written at the same time as those on Flight b741, but with an orchestral section added. As well as announcing
5330-678: The bombing of Darwin and other Japanese attacks on Australian soil , led to a widespread belief in Australia that a Japanese invasion was imminent , and a shift from the United Kingdom to the United States as Australia's principal ally and security partner. Since 1951, Australia has been allied with the United States under the ANZUS treaty. In the decades following World War II, Australia enjoyed significant increases in living standards, leisure time and suburban development. Governments encouraged
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5460-426: The emu and the kookaburra . Australia is home to many dangerous animals including some of the most venomous snakes in the world. The dingo was introduced by Austronesian people who traded with Indigenous Australians around 3000 BCE . Many animal and plant species became extinct soon after first human settlement, including the Australian megafauna ; others have disappeared since European settlement, among them
5590-584: The governor-general at the federal level and by the governors at the state level, who by section 63 of the Constitution and convention act on the advice of their ministers. Thus, in practice the governor-general acts as a legal figurehead for the actions of the prime minister and the Cabinet. The governor-general may in some situations exercise reserve powers : powers exercisable in the absence or contrary to ministerial advice. When these powers may be exercised
5720-505: The "Gizzverse" by fans. Eric Moore , the second drummer and manager, left in 2020. Since 2019, the band has produced several albums per year, including releasing five in 2022 with three of the releases in that October. Their 26th and most recent album, Flight b741 , was released in 2024. The band members all grew up and went to school in the Deniliquin , Melbourne , and Geelong areas of Australia. Mackenzie, Moore, and Walker met studying
5850-643: The "baptism of fire" that forged the new nation's identity . The beginning of the campaign is commemorated annually on Anzac Day , a date which rivals Australia Day as the nation's most important. From 1939 to 1945, Australia joined the Allies in fighting the Second World War. Australia's armed forces fought in the Pacific , European and Mediterranean and Middle East theatres . The shock of Britain's defeat in Singapore in 1942, followed soon after by
5980-575: The "island continent" and is sometimes considered the world's largest island . Australia has 34,218 km (21,262 mi) of coastline (excluding all offshore islands), and claims an extensive exclusive economic zone of 8,148,250 square kilometres (3,146,060 sq mi). This exclusive economic zone does not include the Australian Antarctic Territory . Mainland Australia lies between latitudes 9° and 44° south , and longitudes 112° and 154° east . Australia's size gives it
6110-428: The 18th century by European settlers. They are now considered a major factor in the decline and extinction of many vulnerable and endangered native species. Seafaring immigrants from Asia are believed to have brought the dingo to Australia sometime after the end of the last ice age—perhaps 4000 years ago—and Aboriginal people helped disperse them across the continent as pets, contributing to the demise of thylacines on
6240-524: The 1964 book of the same name ), "the Sunburnt Country", and "the Wide Brown Land". The latter two both derive from Dorothea Mackellar 's 1908 poem " My Country ". Indigenous Australians comprise two broad groups: Human habitation of the Australian continent is estimated to have begun 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, with the migration of people by land bridges and short sea crossings from what
6370-421: The 2010s". 2015 saw the band launch Gizzfest in Melbourne, a two-day music festival that was held annually and toured Australia, featuring both local and international acts. Quarters! , King Gizzard's sixth full-length album, was released on 1 May 2015. The album features four songs, each running for 10 minutes and 10 seconds, making each song a quarter of the album. Drawing upon jazz fusion and acid rock,
6500-529: The 2018 Environmental Performance Index . There are more than 1,800 animals and plants on Australia's threatened species list, including more than 500 animals. Paleontologists discovered a fossil site of a prehistoric rainforest in McGraths Flat , in South Australia, that presents evidence that this now arid desert and dry shrubland / grassland was once home to an abundance of life. Australia
6630-709: The 20th. Gumboot Soup was released on 31 December. Mackenzie explained in an interview that the songs on the album were songs that didn't work in, or came after, the other 2017 records, but that they were not b-sides . In December, Consequence of Sound named King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Band of the Year , praising both the quantity and quality of their releases that year. Throughout 2018, King Gizzard continued to perform live shows, but did not release any new material. Instead, they re-released five older records— Willoughby's Beach , 12 Bar Bruise , Eyes Like
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#17330558608346760-635: The Australian Antarctic Territory, Mount McClintock and Mount Menzies , at 3,492 m (11,457 ft) and 3,355 m (11,007 ft) respectively. Eastern Australia is marked by the Great Dividing Range , which runs parallel to the coast of Queensland, New South Wales and much of Victoria. The name is not strictly accurate, because parts of the range consist of low hills, and the highlands are typically no more than 1,600 m (5,200 ft) in height. The coastal uplands and
6890-545: The Australian mainland. The first ship and crew to chart the Australian coast and meet with Aboriginal people was the Duyfken , captained by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon . He sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in early 1606, and made landfall on 26 February 1606 at the Pennefather River near the modern town of Weipa on Cape York. Later that year, Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres sailed through and navigated
7020-593: The Commonwealth of Australia. This continued a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom, highlighted by the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 , and culminating in the Australia Acts of 1986. Australia is a federal parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy comprising six states and ten territories . Its population of more than 28 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on
7150-520: The Curse of Timeland . It coincided with the release of the album Made in Timeland . On 8 March, they released the 18-minute track " The Dripping Tap " as a single from the album Omnium Gatherum , released on 22 April. On 15 March, they released a joint EP alongside Tropical Fuck Storm titled Satanic Slumber Party . The EP originated during the recording sessions for Fishing for Fishies , during which
7280-417: The Rats' Nest and progressive metal on PetroDragonic Apocalypse , and also sludge and groove metal . Folk , jazz and Tropicália have also occasionally been integrated into their sound. The band wrote Butterfly 3000 as a " synth-prog " album entirely in major keys , Paper Mâché Dream Balloon is dedicated entirely to acoustic music , and on Made in Timeland and Omnium Gatherum ,
7410-475: The Sky , Float Along – Fill Your Lungs , and Oddments —on CD and vinyl. They also released an official pressing of Polygondwanaland . The 2019 Gizzfest did not take place. After the Gizzfest event in 2018, the band announced the cancellation of the festival on their official Instagram page. Some fans believe this was due to their extensive touring schedule. In January 2019, the band announced that new music
7540-696: The Southern Hemisphere since ancient times. Several 16th-century cartographers used the word Australia on maps, but not to identify modern Australia. When Europeans began visiting and mapping Australia in the 17th century, the name Terra Australis was applied to the new territories. Until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as New Holland , a name first applied by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 (as Nieuw-Holland ) and subsequently anglicised. Terra Australis still saw occasional usage, such as in scientific texts. The name Australia
7670-424: The album "describes the impeding doom of the world in a dark fantasy genre kind of way". It is narrated by Leah Senior for the first two chapters, and a text-to-speech program for the final chapter. The band made their international television debut on 17 April, performing "The Lord of Lightning" on Conan on TBS in the United States. The album Sketches of Brunswick East was released on 18 August. It
7800-430: The album have been recorded on the physical music database Discogs , and it has been called "the ultimate vinyl release" by Louder than Sound . In December, the band announced a new album, and two singles were released digitally: "All Is Known", which had previously been performed live, and "Beginner's Luck", an entirely new song. These singles were followed by two more: "The Last Oasis" and "Greenhouse Heat Death" on
7930-509: The album was inspired by Western films and Red Dead Redemption , among other things, and was written as a response to being typecast in their previous releases. The band's third full-length album, Float Along – Fill Your Lungs , was released on 27 September. King Gizzard shifted from garage rock to a more mellow folk and psychedelic sound on the eight-track album. It also saw Eric Moore start playing drums after previously playing theremin and keyboards. Float Along – Fill Your Lungs
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#17330558608348060-469: The album's more laid-back sound was described as "unlike anything they've released before" by Tonedeaf magazine. On 17 August, King Gizzard released the title track "Paper Mâché Dream Balloon" as the lead single for the album with the same name. The second single, "Trapdoor", had a music video released on 10 November. On 13 November, the band released its seventh full-length album, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon . It features only acoustic instruments and
8190-632: The band (as both an active member and the band's manager) without citing any direct reason, though the band explained that he was stepping away from the band "to focus solely on Flightless Records ". On 2 October, the band released two albums via Bandcamp. The first, Demos Vol. 1 + Vol. 2 , includes 28 demos of songs spanning the band's entire career. The second was a live album, Live in Asheville '19 (recorded at New Belgium Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina , on 1 September 2019). On 20 October,
8320-624: The band also explored rap for the first time. In describing their style, Chris DeVille of Stereogum wrote, "It's a rare group that can convincingly blur the lines between Phish , Neu! , King Crimson , and the Osees while never sounding like anything less than themselves." Unusual in Western rock music, starting in 2017 with album Flying Microtonal Banana , the band have experimented with microtonal music using custom built guitars in 24 TET tuning, as well as several other modified instruments. This
8450-467: The band announced that they planned to release three studio albums in October 2022. A music video for one of their new songs, "Ice V", premiered on the 7th, alongside the reveal of the titles, cover artwork, and release dates for the albums. They all released in October: Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava on the 7th, Laminated Denim on the 12th, and Changes on the 28th. Fans labeled
8580-407: The band released three live albums as downloads on Bandcamp , pledging to donate 100% of the proceeds to charities helping wildlife affected by the 2019–20 Australian bushfire season : Live in Adelaide '19 (recorded at Thebarton Theatre on 12 July 2019) and Live in Paris '19 (recorded at L'Olympia on 14 October 2019) were released on 19 January, while Live in Brussels '19 (recorded at
8710-420: The band teased the release of their 16th studio album, K.G. (Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 2) , and another live album, Live in San Francisco '16 . Both were released on 20 November, alongside the fourth single from K.G. , "Automation", which was for free on their website. In addition to the raw audio files for the song as a whole, the band also included the files for the separate stems within
8840-454: The band's album art and the majority of their music videos. The band's first releases were two singles in 2010, both self-released: "Sleep / Summer!" and "Hey There / Ants & Bats". The band's next release, 2011's Anglesea (named after Anglesea, Victoria , Mackenzie's home town), was released as a four-track EP on CD. These releases did not become available digitally until the Teenage Gizzard compilation in 2020. Willoughby's Beach
8970-784: The band's songs feature unusual time signatures , such as 7/8 and 5/4 , and frequent time signature changes. Their albums Polygondwanaland and Butterfly 3000 feature polyrhythms and polymeters . Many of the band's releases are based on a unique concept yet share lyrical themes and feature characters that form a recurring cast, one of the most frequent being Han-Tyumi, a "confused cyborg " who appears across multiple albums and whose name, according to cultural theorist Benjamin Kirbach, represents "a vaguely nipponized anagram of 'humanity'". Their songs also tell stories of "gamblers, cowboys, Australian Rules footballers , people-vultures, Balrogs , lightning gods , flesh-eating beasts, sages and space-faring eco rebels". Members of r/KGATLW,
9100-403: The beginning and just be "Tiny Giants". This album was well received and sold out completely shortly after their second album was released. This was the first album completely home recorded in Jasper Jolleys living room. In April 2015 the band began recording their second album "INNUEN//DOS" once again in Jasper Jolley's living room. Having recorded their previous album in the same place, they had
9230-466: The blood flowing and heart racing". The band earned its first ARIA Award when Nonagon Infinity won the 2016 ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album . We had this random batch of songs. It was not a cohesive record at all. So we thought we'd split it up and split again until it became five. We worked on Nonagon Infinity pretty intensely in 2015 and 2016. We came close to burning ourselves out, or at least wringing each other's necks. We took
9360-610: The centre and Phanerozoic sedimentary basins , metamorphic and igneous rocks in the east. The Australian mainland and Tasmania are situated in the middle of the tectonic plate and have no active volcanoes, but due to passing over the East Australia hotspot , recent volcanism has occurred during the Holocene , in the Newer Volcanics Province of western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia. Volcanism also occurs in
9490-477: The colonies was achieved after a decade of planning, constitutional conventions and referendums , resulting in the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia as a nation under the new Australian Constitution . After the 1907 Imperial Conference , Australia and several other self-governing British settler colonies were given the status of self-governing dominions within the British Empire. Australia
9620-450: The concept of mind control . This was the first time the band took a "traditional" approach to writing and recording an album: the songs were written, the band rehearsed together, and they recorded the songs "as a band" in the studio. Pitchfork described the album as "open[ing] with a sprint" and ending "with some of their best slow jams". In 2019, the album came at #6 on Happy Mag 's list of "the 25 best psychedelic rock albums of
9750-807: The continent. In 1770, Captain James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast, which he named " New South Wales " and claimed for Great Britain. Following the loss of its American colonies in 1783, the British Government sent a fleet of ships, the First Fleet , under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip , to establish a new penal colony in New South Wales . A camp was set up and the Union Flag raised at Sydney Cove , Port Jackson , on 26 January 1788,
9880-583: The convict system culminated in its abolition in the eastern colonies by the 1850s. Initially a free colony, Western Australia practised penal transportation from 1850 to 1868. The six colonies individually gained responsible government between 1855 and 1890, thus becoming elective democracies managing most of their own affairs while remaining part of the British Empire . The Colonial Office in London retained control of some matters, notably foreign affairs. In
10010-702: The country's economy. It ranks highly for quality of life, health, education, economic freedom, civil liberties and political rights. Australia is a middle power , and has the world's thirteenth-highest military expenditure . It is a member of international groups including the United Nations; the G20 ; the OECD ; the World Trade Organization ; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ; the Pacific Islands Forum ;
10140-459: The early 2010s after the 2000s Australian drought . Although most of Australia is semi-arid or desert, the continent includes a diverse range of habitats from alpine heaths to tropical rainforests . Fungi typify that diversity—an estimated 250,000 species—of which only 5% have been described—occur in Australia. Because of the continent's great age, extremely variable weather patterns, and long-term geographic isolation, much of Australia's biota
10270-481: The eastern seaboard. Canberra is the nation's capital, while its most populous cities are Sydney and Melbourne , both with a population of more than 5 million. Australia's culture is diverse, and the country has one of the highest foreign-born populations in the world . It has a highly developed market economy and one of the highest per capita incomes globally . Its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade relations are crucial to
10400-595: The festival's booking of indie band Sticky Fingers ; King Gizzard said Sticky Fingers represented " misogyny , racism, transphobia and violence". In May, the band announced the album PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation Lucas Harwood said the album would be one of two upcoming releases exploring a " Yin and Yang " concept. They would sound much different from each other, but complement each other. The album's first single, "Gila Monster",
10530-755: The first time when the High Court of Australia held in Mabo v Queensland (No 2) that Australia was neither terra nullius ( ' land belonging to no one ' ) or "desert and uncultivated land" at the time of European settlement. Following the abolition of the last vestiges of the White Australia policy in 1973, Australia's demography and culture transformed as a result of a large and ongoing wave of non-European immigration, mostly from Asia. The late 20th century also saw an increasing focus on foreign policy ties with other Pacific Rim nations. The Australia Acts severed
10660-412: The heart of the country are the uplands of central Australia . Prominent features of the centre and south include Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock), the famous sandstone monolith, and the inland Simpson , Tirari and Sturt Stony , Gibson , Great Sandy, Tanami , and Great Victoria deserts, with the famous Nullarbor Plain on the southern coast. The Western Australian mulga shrublands lie between
10790-470: The interior deserts and Mediterranean-climate Southwest Australia . Lying on the Indo-Australian Plate , the mainland of Australia is the lowest and most primordial landmass on Earth with a relatively stable geological history. The landmass includes virtually all known rock types and from all geological time periods spanning more than 3.8 billion years of the Earth's history. The Pilbara Craton
10920-417: The island of New Guinea (considered geologically as part of the Australian continent), and in the Australian external territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands . Seismic activity in the Australian mainland and Tasmania is also low, with the greatest number of fatalities having occurred in the 1989 Newcastle earthquake . The climate of Australia is significantly influenced by ocean currents, including
11050-620: The land and the environment, with stories of The Dreaming maintained through oral tradition , songs , dance and paintings. Certain groups engaged in fire-stick farming , fish farming , and built semi-permanent shelters . These practices have variously been characterised as " hunter-gatherer ", " agricultural ", "natural cultivation" and "intensification". Torres Strait Islander people first settled their islands at least 2,500 years ago. Culturally and linguistically distinct from mainland Aboriginal peoples, they were seafarers and obtained their livelihood from seasonal horticulture and
11180-505: The last track "linking straight back into the top of the opener". On 8 March, the band released a video for the first single, " Gamma Knife ". The song "People Vultures" was released on 4 April, and its music video on 6 May. The album received high praise from critics, with Pitchfork' s Stuart Berman writing that it "yields some of the most outrageous, exhilarating rock 'n' roll in recent memory". Happy Mag 's Maddy Brown described it as "an intensely striking, ferocious sound that gets
11310-447: The least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country , and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including deserts in the interior and tropical rainforests along the coast . The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the last glacial period . By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct languages and had
11440-494: The location for the future federal capital of Canberra . While it was being constructed, Melbourne served as the temporary capital from 1901 to 1927. The Northern Territory was transferred from the control of South Australia to the Commonwealth in 1911. Australia became the colonial ruler of the Territory of Papua (which had initially been annexed by Queensland in 1883) in 1902 and of the Territory of New Guinea (formerly German New Guinea ) in 1920. The two were unified as
11570-448: The mainland. Australia is also one of 17 megadiverse countries. Australian forests are mostly made up of evergreen species, particularly eucalyptus trees in the less arid regions; wattles replace them as the dominant species in drier regions and deserts. Among well-known Australian animals are the monotremes (the platypus and echidna ); a host of marsupials , including the kangaroo , koala , and wombat , and birds such as
11700-466: The mid-19th century, explorers such as Burke and Wills charted Australia's interior. A series of gold rushes beginning in the early 1850s led to an influx of new migrants from China , North America and continental Europe, as well as outbreaks of bushranging and civil unrest; the latter peaked in 1854 when Ballarat miners launched the Eureka Rebellion against gold license fees. The 1860s saw
11830-445: The month "Gizztober". On 24 January, the band released the official live bootleg Live At Red Rocks '22 . The 86-track, eight-hour release documents the band's three-night run at Red Rocks Amphitheater. Several independent labels have created physical releases of the bootleg, including vinyl, CD, and cassette runs. In February, the band announced that they would no longer be performing at that year's Byron Bay Bluesfest in protest of
11960-407: The music industry at RMIT University , and the other members were mutual friends. The band started off with a fluid lineup of members, but the lineup eventually became Mackenzie, Walker, Moore, Kenny-Smith, Cavanagh, Craig, and Harwood. Kenny-Smith was the last to enter the band in 2011. Mackenzie stated he was not sure where the band's name came from. Melbourne artist Jason Galea has created all of
12090-511: The name "The Flaming Jets" as the boys were only 12/13 and thought it was cool. No official performances were done under this name although a few number of band practices were done and a poster was even made for the band by one of their mothers. In early to mid 2011 the band changed their name to "The Tiny Giants" on the suggestion of drummer George Wilson's brother, Fenn Wilson. The band began to play live shows under this name and released two EP's. Their self-titled debut EP came out in late 2012 and
12220-468: The new album, the band revealed a 2025 US tour comprised of 4 Rock N' Roll shows and 7 shows with a 28 piece orchestra. The band has explored a wide range of genres, primarily melding psychedelic rock , garage rock , acid rock , progressive rock , surf rock , krautrock , psychedelic pop , indie rock and neo-psychedelia . Several later releases have been in heavy metal styles, in particular thrash metal and stoner metal on Infest
12350-602: The next two decades, social and economic reforms, together with the establishment of a Legislative Council and Supreme Court , saw the penal colony transition to a civil society. The indigenous population declined for 150 years following European settlement, mainly due to infectious disease. British colonial authorities did not sign any treaties with Aboriginal groups . As settlement expanded, tens of thousands of Indigenous people and thousands of settlers were killed in frontier conflicts while settlers dispossessed surviving Indigenous peoples of most of their land. In 1803,
12480-498: The oldest living culture in the world. Australia's written history commenced with Dutch exploration of most of the coastline in the 17th-century. British colonisation began in 1788 with the establishment of the penal colony of New South Wales . By the mid-19th century, most of the continent had been explored by European settlers and five additional self-governing British colonies were established, each gaining responsible government by 1890. The colonies federated in 1901, forming
12610-428: The political systems of the United Kingdom (a fused executive , constitutional monarchy and strong party discipline ) and the United States ( federalism , a written constitution and strong bicameralism with an elected upper house), resulting in a distinct hybrid. Federal government power is partially separated between three groups: Charles III reigns as King of Australia and is represented in Australia by
12740-572: The protection of threatened species. Numerous protected areas have been created under the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity to protect and preserve unique ecosystems; 65 wetlands are listed under the Ramsar Convention , and 16 natural World Heritage Sites have been established. Australia was ranked 21st out of 178 countries in the world on
12870-475: The rate of 6 to 7 centimetres a year. The Australian mainland's continental crust , excluding the thinned margins, has an average thickness of 38 km, with a range in thickness from 24 km to 59 km. Australia's geology can be divided into several main sections, showcasing that the continent grew from west to east: the Archaean cratonic shields found mostly in the west, Proterozoic fold belts in
13000-533: The remaining constitutional ties between Australia and the United Kingdom while maintaining the monarch in her independent capacity as Queen of Australia . In a 1999 constitutional referendum , 55% of voters rejected abolishing the monarchy and becoming a republic. Following the September 11 attacks on the United States, Australia joined the United States in fighting the Afghanistan War from 2001 to 2021 and
13130-419: The resources of their reefs and seas. Agriculture also developed on some islands and villages appeared by the 1300s. By the mid-18th century in northern Australia, contact, trade and cross-cultural engagement had been established between local Aboriginal groups and Makassan trepangers , visiting from present-day Indonesia. The Dutch are the first Europeans that recorded sighting and making landfall on
13260-491: The rise of blackbirding , where South Sea Islanders were coerced or abducted into indentured labour, mainly by Queensland colonists. From 1886, Australian colonial governments began removing many Aboriginal children from their families and communities, justified on the grounds of child protection and forced assimilation policies. The Second Boer War (1899–1902) marked the largest overseas deployment of Australia's colonial forces . On 1 January 1901, federation of
13390-444: The series. In return for their work they were offered $ 500 cash or two days recording with Wynn plus mixing. They chose to record and began recording their 2nd EP. After their first release the band began to find their sound and released their second EP "Blunt Slippy". This was their first proper studio recording. The EP was named after drummer George Wilson was trying to say the names of bands Blink 182 and Slipknot but instead said
13520-483: The song. They also released the video files for its music video, and asked fans to create their own video with them. All of these files require a torrent client to be installed on the user's device. On 24 December, the band released their seventh live album, Live in London '19 , on Bandcamp. Performed at the 10,000 capacity Alexandra Palace on 5 October 2019, it was the group's largest show to date. In an interview with NME , Joey Walker said that 2021 would be
13650-709: The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus . Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas, with the Coral Sea lying off the Queensland coast, and the Tasman Sea lying between Australia and New Zealand. The world's smallest continent and sixth-largest country by total area , Australia—owing to its size and isolation—is often dubbed
13780-406: The thylacine. Many of Australia's ecoregions, and the species within those regions, are threatened by human activities and introduced animal, chromistan , fungal and plant species. All these factors have led to Australia's having the highest mammal extinction rate of any country in the world. The federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 is the legal framework for
13910-416: The two groups collaborated on a jam section titled "Hat Jam". Sections of both "The Dripping Tap" and "Satanic Slumber Party" were adapted from these sessions, and a special limited-edition 12" vinyl, Hat Jam , contained both releases. In June, the band won the inaugural Environmental Music Prize with their 2020 single "If Not Now, Then When?" They were awarded $ 20,000 in prize money, the entirety of which
14040-615: Was Australia's warmest recorded year, and the 2019–2020 bushfire season was the country's worst on record . Australia's greenhouse gas emissions per capita are among the highest in the world. Water restrictions are frequently in place in many regions and cities of Australia in response to chronic shortages due to urban population increases and localised drought. Throughout much of the continent, major flooding regularly follows extended periods of drought, flushing out inland river systems, overflowing dams and inundating large inland flood plains, as occurred throughout Eastern Australia in
14170-557: Was also experimenting with electronic music and polymetres. When asked about more live recordings, Mackenzie said that the band had recorded almost every show they played in 2019, and may release them in a similar fashion to Pearl Jam 's official live bootlegs. June saw the release of RATTY , a short documentary about the making of Infest the Rat's Nest . It was made available to rent online with all proceeds going to charities benefiting Aboriginal Australians . After $ 20,000 had been raised, it
14300-476: Was also the first album to feature 12 string guitar, further adding to the Psychedelic sound. The album was mixed by Paul Maybury, giving the songs a thicker sound as they were better produced. Around the same time as recording this album Tiny Giants played at the first Gizzfest, put on by Melbourne Psych Rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard . They also were welcomed back to Queenscliff Music Festival for
14430-573: Was announced with the release of the single Cage. The song was premiered on Triple J Unearthed and was on rotation on Triple J . This single was soon followed with the single 'Paranoid' accompanied by a music video by Willem Kingma. This music video was released under the name "The Tiny Giants" however the album was released under the name "Tiny Giants". Before this decision the band contemplated yet another name change and were heavily considering changing their name to "The Dare Ohhs" but eventually decided to stick with "The Tiny Giants" but to drop "The" from
14560-406: Was built around modular synthesizer loops. The album art by Jason Galea featured a "cross-eyed" autostereogram . The remix album Butterfly 3001 was released on 21 January, featuring 21 remixes of Butterfly 3000 's songs; a music video was released for DJ Shadow 's remix of "Black Hot Soup". In February, the band announced a three-hour marathon set in Melbourne on 5 March, named Return of
14690-558: Was described by Happy Mag ' s Luke Saunders as "a masterclass in hypnotism". Another full-length album, Murder of the Universe , was released on 23 June. It is a concept album divided into three chapters: The Tale of the Altered Beast and The Lord of Lightning vs. Balrog (released on 30 May), and Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe (11 April). Spill Magazine explained that
14820-604: Was directed by John Angus Stewart, and recorded during the band's 2019 tour in Europe. A live album of the same name was released on 24 April, featuring recordings from numerous shows on the tour along with three ambient studio tracks. The opening track "Evil Star" also features on the live albums released earlier in January. In April, the band stated that during the COVID-19 lockdown , they had worked on new material for upcoming albums. Mackenzie reported that one will be "chill", another "kind of jazzy", and some of it microtonal. The band
14950-522: Was donated to The Wilderness Society . In July, they released two additional volumes of demos for their bootlegger program, titled Music to Eat Pond Scum To and Music To Die To . They also shared info about their next two albums, stating that they were "built from hours-long jams and then pieced together after the fact". In August, they cancelled the remaining 13 dates of their summer European tour so Stu Mackenzie could return to Australia for treatment in his battle with Crohn's disease . On 1 September,
15080-413: Was established in 1829, evolving into the largest Australian colony by area, Western Australia . In accordance with population growth, separate colonies were carved from New South Wales: Tasmania in 1825, South Australia in 1836, New Zealand in 1841, Victoria in 1851, and Queensland in 1859. South Australia was founded as a free colony—it never accepted transported convicts. Growing opposition to
15210-520: Was followed by Oddments , released on 7 March 2014. Over the course of the 12-track album, the band takes a more melodic approach, and Mackenzie's vocals are more prominent. The album's mixing style led to it being described as "recorded through a woollen sock in an adjacent room". The band's fifth full-length album, I'm in Your Mind Fuzz , was released on 31 October. The 10-track album touches on elements of fantasy , and lyrically delves into
15340-572: Was in the works, and had no release date yet. The album was later revealed to be titled Infest the Rats' Nest . Mackenzie also announced that Gizzfest would be held outside of Australia for the first time that year. Infest the Rats' Nest , which was released on 16 August, featured an entirely different style – thrash metal . At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 , it was nominated for the Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album . In January 2020,
15470-424: Was in the works. On 1 February, they released a new single, "Cyboogie", as a 7-inch single backed with "Acarine". A week later they announced another North American tour, as well as a show at Alexandra Palace in London, which they stated would be their "biggest show ever". In March, the band announced the album Fishing for Fishies , with a release date of 26 April. A day later, the band officially released
15600-476: Was inspired by Middle Eastern and Turkish music , including Anatolian rock , and their customised guitars were modelled off the bağlama . Mackenzie described it as "kind of a Dorian mode with a half flat sixth and a half flat second, because that was the way my baglama was fretted". After Flying Microtonal Banana, the band went on to create two more albums utilising this scale – K.G. and L.W. – while also utilising it in other one-off songs. Many of
15730-565: Was one of the founding members of the League of Nations in 1920, and the United Nations in 1945. The Statute of Westminster 1931 formally ended the ability of the UK to pass federal laws without Australia's consent. Australia adopted it in 1942, but it was backdated to 1939 to confirm the validity of legislation passed during World War II. The Australian Capital Territory was formed in 1911 as
15860-466: Was popularised by the explorer Matthew Flinders , who said it was "more agreeable to the ear, and an assimilation to the names of the other great portions of the Earth". The first time that Australia appears to have been officially used was in April 1817, when Governor Lachlan Macquarie acknowledged the receipt of Flinders' charts of Australia from Lord Bathurst . In December 1817, Macquarie recommended to
15990-503: Was recorded on Mackenzie's parents' farm in rural Victoria. The album features "a collection of short, unrelated songs" described as "mellow, defuzzed psychedelia". It was the band's first album to be released in the United States via ATO Records . The band's eighth full-length album, Nonagon Infinity , was released worldwide on 29 April 2016. Described by Mackenzie as a "never-ending album", it features nine songs connected by musical motifs that flow "seamlessly" into each other, with
16120-441: Was released alongside a music video on 16 May, and the second single, "Dragon", was released on 6 June with its music video. The band then went on tour throughout the United States to promote the album. PetroDragonic Apocalypse was released on 16 June. In July, the band confirmed that they had been uploading albums from their bootlegger program onto streaming services under the name "bootleg gizzard". In September, they announced
16250-409: Was released as a free download on 17 November. The band encouraged fans and independent record labels to create their own pressings of the album, stating that it was "free to download and if you wish, free to make copies". The first track "Crumbling Castle", was released on 18 October. A music video created by Jason Galea accompanied its release on YouTube . As of August 2023, 363 different versions of
16380-464: Was released by Shock Records on 21 October. Beat Magazine described the nine-track garage rock EP as "filled to the teeth with consistently killer hooks". The band's first full-length album, 12 Bar Bruise , was released on 7 September 2012. The 12-track garage rock album was self-recorded, and several tracks used unconventional recording methods; for example, the vocals for the album's title track were recorded through four iPhones placed around
16510-452: Was released on 26 February. It is "both a standalone work and a companion piece to" K.G. On 19 March, the band released Live in Melbourne '21, recorded from one of their first shows since the pandemic. It also was released as bootleg files. The album Butterfly 3000 , was announced on 11 May, saying it would release on 11 June without promotion by singles. On 29 May, Live in Sydney '21
16640-532: Was released through the band's bootleg program, along with a video recording of the concert. They announced five concerts at Sydney's Carriageworks , which would have different, pre-planned setlists themed around a different style of music. Butterfly 3000 received generally positive reviews; reviewers commending the album on its "sonic adventurism" and "pop-oriented additions [that] are a perfect pairing to their existing sound", while another said its "formulaic approach lacks surprise". The album had 10 tracks, and
16770-571: Was self released. They only made a short run of 50 CD's and they sold out shortly after their 2nd release. The EP was recorded at 94.7 The Pulse and was produced by Beau Torrence of The Rustys. The EP was well received and was a big achievement for the band as they were only 13. In 2013 the band was approached by Mark Opitz to record music for the Australian mini series INXS: Never Tear Us Apart about Australian Rock band INXS . The band worked with Colin Wynn and Mark Opitz to record in Wynn's studio for
16900-497: Was then made free to watch on YouTube. Later that month, in celebration of Love Record Store Day, the band released a limited print of eco-friendly versions of 10 previous releases. Again due to the pandemic, the band postponed the marathon shows and North American tour for a second time, with the new dates being for October 2021. However, they confirmed new tour dates, and that they band would release some new albums before said tour. On 25 August, Eric Moore announced his departure from
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