12 Bar Bruise is a Rock album by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 25 collectors.
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12 Bar Bruise is the debut studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on September 7th, 2012 on Flightless. It peaked at No. 14 on the ARIA Albums Chart after being released on vinyl in November, 2018. The album was self-recorded by the band, and several tracks used unconventional recording methods. One of these is featured on the album's title track. It was recorded through four iPhones placed around a room while Stu Mackenzie sang into one of them. The Australian rules football-themed song "Footy Footy" is featured in the 2013 video game AFL Live 2. "Firstly, thank you so much for buying this record or slipping it on your turntable or listening to my ramblings. It would have been hilarious and unfathomable to my 21 year old self that anyone beyond our immediate group of friends and a few garage rock nerds would care in the slightest! In fact I don't really remember much of making this record. I think we just wanted to make it weird. And loud. And kinda dumb. Between 19 and 23 years old, nervous and confused, wide eyed, living off goon bags, ciggies, doritos and the dole. Paul Maybury engineered and really guided us through this one. He let me take control of the faders and experiment with his seemingly endless array of recording equipment. I pretended I knew what I was doing. Anyway, he pulled it all together - I shudder to think what it would have sounded like without his road hardened wisdom. Many firsts here - first collaborations and early narrative based music with Brod Smith which would lead to making Eyes like the Sky with him a few months later. More firsts - like working with Jason Galea. Ambrose knew Jase from skateboarding circles and we found his drawing of a royal looking lizard beast-thing stabbing some teddy bear-ish monster. Seemed perfect. He's become part of the furniture and we've worked with him on everything since. Formative years? I think it was that time of your life where you start using your brain for the first time in general. Lizard brain. Who am I? Who was me? Enjoy! Love Stu ".
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Tracklist
- 1Elbow2:39
- 2Muckraker3:00
- 3Nein2:51
- 412 Bar Bruise3:47
- 5Garage Liddiard2:29
- 6Sam Cherry's Last Shot2:48
- 7High Hopes Low3:45
- 8Cut Throat Boogie2:50
- 9Bloody Ripper2:13
- 10Uh Oh, I Called Mum2:37
- 11Sea of Trees3:14
- 12Footy Footy1:59
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Garage Rock
- raw
- chaotic
- psychedelic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
White and red speckled vinyl, limited to 500 copies. Each contains a drawing on the insert.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ambrose Kenny-SmithHARMONICA HARMONICA, VOCALS VOCALS
- Cook CraigGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS VOCALS
- Eric MooreKEYBOARDS PERCUSSION THEREMIN, KEYBOARDS , PERCUSSION
- Joe WalkerGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS VOCALS
- Lucas SkinnerBASS GUITAR BASS GUITAR, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS
- Michael CavanaghDRUMS
- Michael CavanaughDRUMS
- Stu MackenzieGUITAR VOCALS VOCALS , GUITAR
- Broderick SmithFEATURING VOCALS
25 collectors on Gatefold own this · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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