I'M IN YOUR MIND FUZZ

I'm In Your Mind Fuzz was the record that really put King Gizzard on the map and in my opinion, it stands as one of the best rock albums of the 2010s. This album is much more in the psychedelic vein, yet it still satisfies the progger in me. Its full of fuzz, distortion, psychedelia, and memorable hooks and melodies. The production is mind blowing to me, the amount of detail, texture and brilliant modern production technique is top notch. It truly captures the essence of a band playing together rather than a bunch of squeaky clean sounding instruments edited together. We open with this continuous and very steady and driving suite of songs opening with "I'm in Your Mind." Immediately i'm fired up as the rhythm section kicks things off bringing us into a nasty riff. We hit the song Cellophane which is one of my favorite tracks with its headbanging playing and nasty harmonica solo. The title track ends this very strong and driving suite and we head into Empty which is just pure psychedelic (with a touch of surf rock) bliss. Hot Water is another great song with an infectious melodic flute-led hook. That closes off side one, off to a great start, but to me side two is near perfect. Am I in Heaven starts off with some nice acoustic playing with some vocals on top of it, however, this is just a false sense of security as the song quickly shifts into a chaotic garage rock esque jam. The song has a beautiful flow covered with just indescribable psychedelic noise, but whatever it is, its good. Slow Jam 1 takes things down a notch into a slower paced stoner vibe with a really nice "feel" to the playing. The album closes with the two best tracks for my money: Satan Speeds Up and Her and I. The former opens with a really filthy low-fi riff which just melts into a beautiful meditative verse. The riff comes back with more "Wah" than I thought humanly possible. Her and I brings back that surf-rock touch with some more vintage psychedelia vibes to it. It's just a trip.

I think this album is a masterpiece. For a fan of 70s prog, this may not be for you as it's more of a modern psychedelic rock album, but I think any music fan can appreciate the production value. For fans of psychedelic rock and neo-psychedelia, its a must. Not long after this release, these guys would explore further into their progressive tendencies and take progressive rock into new and unexplored directions throughout the 2010s, but i'll cover that more in depth in future reviews. This is King Gizzards first earth shattering release to me, and I'm giving it 5 stars without a shadow of a doubt.