"Treadmills" is the fourth single by Australian

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band

Heavy Moss Heavy Moss is an Australian psych-pop quartet led by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard bassist Lucas Harwood alongside Sam Ingles, Kyle Tickell, and Bec Goring. History Foundation Heavy Moss was formed due to a "spontaneous reunion" between Lu ...

, later released as part of their first studio album ''

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''.

Recording

The single was released on November 13, 2024, in the buildup to the first studio album by Heavy Moss, ''Dead Slow'', which was released on November 22. Lucas Harwood stated that the song started as "a demo I had kicking around for a few years that I totally forgot about." Harwood stated that he had his

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teacher James Bowers help him work on the cords, and get the verses and chorus to work together, and that "the verses are an anxious stream of consciousness and is kind of jolty and angular" while the chorus "is in a different key and is meant to be a really pretty love song within the song." He also stated that his son Ari coined the line “I noticed your life” and that he was largely inspired by the songwriting of David Berman. Much of the work on “Treadmills” was done in post-production as the band experimented with different cords and styles.

Reception

The song has been described as a "jangly waltz" that moves through various motifs before incorporating psychedelic elements and as being reminiscent of

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. ''Flood Magazine'' described the song as a "muted psych odyssey" similar in style to ''

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (KGLW) are an Australian Rock music, 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), Coo ...

'', which Harwood is also a member of.

Personnel

Adapted from the band's bandcamp page. *Kyle Tickell – guitar, vocals *Sam Ingles – drums, percussion *

Bec Goring Rebecca Goring (born 9 June 1994) is an Australian guitarist, singer-songwriter and Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Personal life Goring grew up in Geelong, Victoria ...

– bass, guitar, vocals *

Lucas Harwood Lucas Harwood () is an Australian bassist known for his role in King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard as well as Atolls and Heavy Moss. Biography Early life Harwood is a native of Geelong, Victoria. When he was a child his parents took him to mus ...

– keys, vocals

References

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