POLYGONDWANALAND

Giving out an album for free is a daring move given the challenges bands face these days, but then again if you've put out five albums in a year making one of them a freebie perhaps is a good idea - after all, if you've flooded your discography with new material, new listeners might not know where to start. A free release helps break them through the decision paralysis.

Working on the basis of "the first taste is free" is also more than thematically appropriate for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, who play a very psychedelic style of progressive space rock; there's plenty of gentler and more refined instrumental performances deep in here, but they're sharing the space with intense psychedelic workouts, pulsating motorik rhythms, and intricate vocal harmonies. The band draw from 1970s prog to modern electronic music when they put together their sonic toolkit, and every tool gets ample use here.

I'm not sure I want dozens and dozens of King Gizzard albums, but this has certainly left me more inclined to dip into their ample back catalogue.