{"product_id":"king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-the-silver-cord","title":"King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - The Silver Cord","description":"\u003cp\u003eKing Gizzard \u0026amp; The Lizard Wizard swapped their guitars for synthesisers on The Silver Cord, their 25th studio album from 2023, pressed here on recycled black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased the same year as the thrash-metal fury of PetroDragonic Apocalypse, this record works as its opposite number, a yin to that album's yang. The spark came when drummer Michael Cavanagh bought a Simmons electronic drum kit, and rather than layering parts one by one in the studio, the band recorded together in a room, chasing a live, interlocking feel that gives the electronics real human sweat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced by Stu Mackenzie, the album pulses with analogue synths, dance-floor rhythms and vocals that drift between chant and croon. Theia opens with a hypnotic, slow-building throb, and the title track rides bubbling electronics toward the strobe lights. Chang'e and Gilgamesh, like several songs here, borrow their names from ancient mythology, lending the record a strange, celestial grandeur. The whole thing moves like one long set, each track feeding into the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a band that seems to reinvent itself every few months, The Silver Cord still stands out as one of their boldest left turns, a glowing electronic record that works equally well on headphones or at full volume in a crowded room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57165874069809,"sku":"842812194184","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/King_Gizzard_and_the_Lizard_Wizard-The_Silver_Cord_f5b36622-9cd5-4604-bbb4-fb165031ebec.jpg?v=1793187813","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-the-silver-cord","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}