King Gizzard To Release FIVE Albums Next Year; Drop New Video

If you're a fan of Melbourne psych-rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, then Christmas has come early for you. 

Not only have the band today released the video for new single, Rattlesnake, but they've also announced they plan to release five (yes, FIVE) studio albums in 2017. 

Rattlesnake is to feature as the first offering from the band's first album of the proposed five, Flying Microtonal Banana, set to drop on 24 February via Flightless/Remote Control Records.

Watch the video below.

The forthcoming record is also King Gizzard's first-ever experience in microtonal tuning which features intervals smaller than a semitone and not found in customary Western tuning octaves. 

"Earlier this year we started experimenting with a custom microtonal guitar our friend Zak made for Stu," drummer Eric Moore said.

"The guitar was modified to play in 24-TET tuning and could only be played with other microtonal instruments. We ended up giving everyone a budget of $200 to buy instruments and turn them microtonal. The record features the modified electric guitars, basses, keyboards and harmonica as well as a turkish horn called a Zurna."

The news comes just weeks before King Gizzard are set to hit the road for Gizzfest 2016 — check out theGuide for more details.