LIVE IN CHICAGO '23

It never ceases to amaze me that in a more stereotypical and monotonous era full of formulas, there are nevertheless increasingly stronger hints that music as a living force that experiences, mutates but not to adapt but to make people adapt to it, exists , only it is not fashionable or seen as in the past but you have to look for it, on the web, in stadiums, or pubs...or the Australian desert. To say that King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard fuses genres is an understatement, because in my opinion they go further. Just as the Coen brothers in cinema reinvented and reinterpreted genres, thus creating something good (at least in their early days), the Aussies have tackled psychedelia, hard rock, krautrock, progressive rock, funk, soul, pop , electronic, thrash metal...and the list goes on, in this monumental album they review three days of shows in Chicago, where they once again leave their versatility, and what may be lacking in compositional perfection or interpretive they make up for it with a free spirit full of feeling, of happiness for playing and sharing with their audience...and nothing is missing from that, always present. They have been compared to the Grateful Dead, but for me that is underestimating the Australian idosincracy, with its own personality as Peter Weir, Bruce Beresford in the cinema or Nick Cave himself have shown... and this great little universe with such diverse climates It has space for everything. Because the King Guizzard challenge the listener in this era where everything has to be brief to listen to changes of rhythms, long passages that reveal meaning when crossing them, I forgot bossa nova and jazz, but far from settling, the Residency Tour, as they called This tour continues its nomadic journey, making us feel like we are there with them and the audience, being part of the work. This "Live in Chicago" leaves no album or genre unreviewed and works as a good gateway for those who don't know them, as well as an essential collector's item for those who are already lifelong members of Joey Walker's synthesizer, guitar Cook Craig, Stu Mackenzie's flute, or when they and the rest of the sextet change instruments!