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12 Bar Bruise
Rock · 2012 · 12 tracks

12 Bar Bruise

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

High-velocity garage rock recorded with a deliberate, scuzzy grit. A frantic debut defined by iPhone-captured vocals and relentless surf-punk energy.

September 7, 2012 · KGLW

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Relentless, high-octane garage punk with a mischievous Australian sense of humor.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Elbow
2:39
02
Muckraker
3:00
03
Nein
2:52
04
12 Bar Bruise
3:47
05
Garage Liddiard
2:29
06
Sam Cherry’s Last Shot
2:48
07
High Hopes Low
3:45
08
Cut Throat Boogie
2:50
09
Bloody Ripper
2:13
10
Uh Oh, I Called Mum
2:37
11
Sea of Trees
3:14
12
Footy Footy
1:59
Moments Worth Listening For
The title track's claustrophobic vocal texture achieved by singing into an iPhone while three others record the room's ambient chaos.
The frantic harmonica solo on Cut Throat Boogie that sounds like it's about to break the instrument.
The hypnotic, repetitive list of football players on Footy Footy that transforms a sports obsession into a punk anthem.
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How does 12 Bar Bruise sound next to the rest of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's catalogue?

Humor Satire+3.7σ

The writing leans far further into humor satire than the rest of the catalogue.

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