Scattered across the internet are various snippets of information that indicate what is coming up for King Gizzard. Here are some of them:
Upcoming Studio Material:
- Flight b741 is one of a “few projects on the go — not anywhere near completion or anything…”(Oct 2023), and most likely based on sessions from July 2023 that focused on more ‘traditional’ songwriting (ie. not jamming) that had been recently hinted at.
Recording started after October 2023 for an album with the ‘parameter’ of each band member swapping instruments more than usual, including Lucas playing keyboard. It is implied that this is a newer separate project to Flight b741, possibly an expansion to that album’s greater sharing of vocals between members. The band was confirmed to have recorded new music every day for a week in early October 2023, which had been planned earlier in the year.
As of mid 2024, album 27 is ‘very far from being finished’, and related to Flight b41:
Live Shows:
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A residency tour of Europe has been announced for May and June 2025.
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23 Jun 2023: Intrasport is “definitely” going to be performed live in the future now that the band have had a successful run with their 2023 synth/sequencer live setup.
Intrasport was reportedly soundchecked at the 2023-08-15 Germany show, but never performed by the conclusion of the tour, even though the band referenced its lyrics in a Tweet wrapping up the tour.
Oct 31 2023: Joey still wants to play the song live, but reiterates how difficult it is.
The band have another new setup for 2024, the ‘synth table’ that allows for more free-form and open ended synth based music that has so far been used to debut songs from The Silver Cord and a more confident version of Gondii from Changes. It remains to be seen how this will affect debuts and reinterpretation of other older synth/sequencer based songs like Intrasport. -
The band announced on Instagram that they are hoping to release the entire 2024 NA tours in the Official Bootlegger program, possibly even as raw stems.
Speculation:
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Bluegrass/Country inspired music may be on the table after this impromptu jam during the 2023-06-04 acoustic show at The Caverns. Billy Strings attended the 2023-08-10 show in Sweden, and hung out with the band after, prompting speculation of a collaboration, this is unlikely in reality.
Stu avoids the question of if they have any projects planned together in Oct 2023, but states he’s a sweet guy and collaborating would be ‘fucking crazy’. -
Stu thinks that the didgeridoo is ‘amazing’ and would be open to collaborating with an indigenous artist using one.
Update: Indigenous (Yolŋu) Surf-Rock band King Stingray will join King Gizzard for a portion of their 2024 touring. They have two band members that play didgeridoo, but no evidence currently exists that they intend to collaborate.
‘Never’ happening or abandoned projects:
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Christmas, Ska/Reggae (Fantano interview), or full rap album (Office Hours podcast appearance).
As of Oct 31 2023, Lucas is “curious” about Ska as a genre for King Gizzard to explore and Joey flips between joking about actually doing it and doubling down that it will never happen; Ambrose maintains a similar attitude toward a King Gizzard rap album though continues to rap lyrics presumably from the shleved project on stage during jams. -
The complete Nonagon Infinity visual album (‘maybe when they run out of new ideas’).
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A ‘Chunky Shrapnel 2’ concert film was planned for the cancelled '22 Autumn Europe tour, it is unclear if this plan will eventually go ahead.
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The ‘Sexy Alien’ soundcheck jam will not bet released as a song (2023 Reddit AMA).
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On returning to the signature Mind Fuzz/Nonagon sound, Stu is unsure they even could if they tried, and if they did it would probably sound different (2023 Reddit AMA).
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The band would like to release the Hollywood Bowl marathon recording, but licensing for the venue name is prohibitively expensive (2023 Reddit AMA).
Let the rampant speculation and new updates begin.
