I have the day off work today which is nice, I guess.
Except that I still have the garbage to take out, the tire to get fixed on the car and, perhaps a visit to the gym too? Oh, I'd also love to get some more work done on the book project but alas, there's another part of me that just wants to spend the afternoon napping with Tina the Cat again.
Anyway, I absolutely wanted to get this gym portion of the day accomplished and so here I am, and fortunately I have something I'm a bit eager to listen to as well, another album by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, this Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava album.
And with an album title like that, how can one not be somewhat eager?
C'MON!!
The same can be said about the sweet album cover.
I mean seriously, with both those things alone, how can you not get excited? Shit, I don't know about anyone else but whenever I see see something entitled Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava (especially when it comes packaged in something that looks like it came straight out of one of George Lucas's wet dreams), my lizard brain (pun intended) immediately begins to twitch in curiosity, instantly drawn to know more about that thing--whatever it may be. And in this case, it happens to be another record from the prolific Aussie song-smiths released in October of last year.
This is actually the 21st release by the popular psychedelic rock band. Initially inspired by the collective writing, recording and editing of the 18-minute track, The Dripping Tap, from the band's previous studio album, Omnium Gatherum (2022), Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava was mostly recorded over the space of a week, with the six band members improvising in a different musical key and tempo each day.
Yup ... a week!
It was the first of three King Gizzard albums in October alone and its concept is simple enough: each song is centred on an idea proposed by a member and paired with a matching musical scale, and from there the band played until they created a song they liked ... I guess like some bizarre form of musical improv?
Anyway, it's a jam-centric album for sure--ideal for spinning actually--and to me it pays off a good amount of the time. When this album jams, it's clear that they can really lock into each other.
In fact, I was so excited, ergo motivated, that I changed my mind at least three dozen times as to what healthy routine I wanted to accomplish today. Today then, I ended up running (2 x 10 minutes + 1 x 5 minutes w/ 5 minutes of walking in between for a total of 25 minutes walking/25 minutes easy running equalling 5.18km worth. To round out the workout, an extra 15 minutes of functional strength focusing on my poor struggling calves.
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