''Anglesea'' is the debut EP by Australian

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

band

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (KGLW) are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar), Ambrose Kenny-Smith (vocals, harmonica, keyboards), Cook Craig ( ...

. It was released on 26 May 2011. The EP features the simple lyrical style and noisy arrangements found throughout many of King Gizzard's earliest songs. It was initially released on CD, and was not available digitally until the EPs inclusion on the ''

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 '' ...

'' compilation, a collection of pre-''

Willoughby's Beach ''Willoughby's Beach'' is the second EP by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 21 October 2011. It peaked at No. 15 on the ARIA Albums Chart after being released on vinyl in November 2018. ...

'' tracks.

Background

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard started off as an informal

jam band A jam band is a musical group whose concerts and live albums substantially feature improvisational "jam session, jamming". Typically, jam bands will play variations of pre-existing songs, extending them to musical improvisation, improvise ove ...

, playing shows to a small number of people around

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

and

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

playing the few songs they had. During this time, at

Stu Mackenzie Stuart Douglas Mackenzie (born 26 October 1990) is an Australian musician best known as the frontman of rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. He serves as singer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for the band and is recognized as its le ...

's parents house, the band borrowed a bunch of microphones and set them up in the garage and recorded the few tracks they had been playing live. Mackenzie has stated that he does not believe the record counts, not being sure whether

Cook Craig Nicholas Roderick "Cook" Craig is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter and is a part of groups King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and the Murlocs. Craig releases music under the name Pipe-eye. Solo history Pipe-eye's debut EP ''Cosmic ...

or Ambrose Kenny-Smith were in the band yet, saying nobody should listen to it.

Title

It is named after Anglesea, the seaside surf village where Mackenzie grew up (also being the town where they lost a battle of the bands to punk rock band Hole in the Shoe).

Track listing

Personnel

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard * Michael Cavanagh – drums * Lucas Skinner – bass, vocals *Joey Walker – guitar, vocals *

– vocals, guitar * Eric Moore – drums Production *Artwork By over Art ncredited– Katie Hagebols *Mastered By – Alex Braithwaite *Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie *Recorded By ncredited– King Gizzard*

References

External links

*https://genius.com/albums/King-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard/Anglesea-ep *https://www.discogs.com/master/2577080-King-Gizzard-And-The-Lizard-Wizard-Anglesea {{Authority control 2011 debut EPs King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard EPs Self-released EPs