The Australian band put the “drag” in “PetroDragonic” for Pride Night
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard put on drag and debuted a brand-new tune entitled “Witchcraft” throughout their Pride Night efficiency on Saturday as part of their four-night residency at Tennessee’s The Caverns Amphitheater.
Though an apparent declaration by the band surrounding the state’s questionable — and since June 3rd, unconstitutional — law prohibiting drag programs in public areas and in the area of minors, guitar player Joey Walker clarified early into their set (per Spin) that “This ain’t no protest, baby. This is a celebration!” Later, keyboardist Ambrose Kenny-Smith informed the audience to “take some mental notes” due to the fact that “this is the first and last time you’ll ever see me onstage in shorts.”
The sextet likewise revealed “Witchcraft,” an unreleased cut from their upcoming 24th album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation. The tune uses all the shredding and denseness assured by the band’s 2nd complete whip metal job, total with some abundant “woo’s” for punctuation. Watch its live launching listed below.
PetroDragonic Apocalypse will get here on June 16th behind songs like “Gila Monster” and “Converge.” Pre-orders are continuous. Meanwhile, the band have actually booked 2023 trip dates throughout North America and Europe this summer season. Find tickets and deals through StubHub, where orders are 100% ensured through StubHub’s FanProtect program.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are not the very first group in the music neighborhood to share their opposition to Tennessee’s anti-drag law. In the instant consequences of the costs’s finalizing in March, Yo La Tengo likewise used drag at a Nashville program, Madonna revealed a Tennessee trip stop to particularly benefit trans rights companies, and Jason Isbell and Allison Russell hosted the live fundraising occasion Love Rising including Hayley Williams, Sheryl Crow, Hozier, and more.
