Flying Microtonal Banana

Flying Microtonal Banana (subtitled Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 1) is the ninth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 24 February 2017 on Flightless Records in Australia, ATO Records in the United States, and Heavenly Recordings in the United Kingdom. It is the first of five albums released by the band in 2017 and their first exploration of microtonal music, utilising custom built instruments.

Flying Microtonal Banana
Studio album by
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
Released24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
RecordedApril–September 2016
StudioFlightless HQ
Genre
Length41:53
Label
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard chronology
Nonagon Infinity
(2016)		 Flying Microtonal Banana
(2017)		 Murder of the Universe
(2017)
Singles from Flying Microtonal Banana
  1. "Rattlesnake"
    Released: 10 November 2016
  2. "Nuclear Fusion"
    Released: 21 December 2016
  3. "Sleep Drifter"
    Released: 17 January 2017

The album earned the band a nomination for Best Group at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, losing to Gang of Youths for Go Farther in Lightness. The album peaked at number two on the ARIA charts (their first top 10), and it is also the first album by the band to chart on the US Billboard 200, peaking at 170.

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