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Release Date
28 April 2016
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Length
9 tracks
Nonagon Infinity is the eighth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 29 April 2016 on ATO Records. The album is designed to play as an "infinite loop" where each song segues into the next, so that "the record can be played front-to-back-to-front-to-back and the sound won’t break." The title is a reference to this idea, as there are nine songs on the album that could be played "infinitely."
The album "controversially" won Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016, with some accusing the ARIA of miscategorizing Nonagon Infinity.
Various aspects of the album are featured on later albums. The opening track, Robot Stop, briefly features use of microtonal tuning, a technique explored further on the band's follow-up, Flying Microtonal Banana. The title is also referenced in the lyrics of The Lord of Lightning off their 2017 album, Murder of the Universe.
"This record was made on the road, for the road. Our shows had been getting louder, heavier, faster and tighter. The sets were becoming a jigsaw. How can each song connect to the one before? How can how can we make each song fit? We had this fantasy that we'd start playing shows that once they started, they didn't stop. No breaks, no talking, no banter. I don't think we ever did play a show like that, but we did make this record in that headspace. It almost broke us, but we got there in the end…
Love, stu"
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