Teenage Gizzard


Teenage Gizzard is a compilation album by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released on 24 December 2020. It compiles the earliest known recordings by the band from 2010 and 2011. This is also the first official release of their debut EP Anglesea as well as their first two singles and an unreleased song. The album was exclusively released as a bootleg on Bandcamp and on vinyl.

Background

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard started off as an informal jam band, with the eventual lineup becoming Mackenzie, Walker, Moore, Kenny-Smith, Cavanagh, Craig and Harwood. Ambrose Kenny-Smith entered the band in 2011, and is absent from most of the early recordings of the band. The band's first releases were two singles in 2010 – "Hey There / Ants & Bats" and "Sleep" / "Summer!" – and both were self-released. The band's next release, 2011's Anglesea, was released as a four-track EP on CD. It is named after Anglesea, the coastal town where Mackenzie grew up. These early releases did not become available digitally until the inclusion of their tracks on the Teenage Gizzard compilation.

Reception

A review on ThePsychRock praised the album giving it a score of 8.6/10. The review describes the album as "a banger with high energy rock the whole way through. The music feels wholesome and joyful with creative songs". It notes the stripped back and basic songwriting, compared to later releases, and describes the album as "surfy", "psyched out", and "lo-fi".

Track listing

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