Changes

"Changes" is likely King Gizzard's easiest listen, with sparkly pop tracks lining its entire runtime, all of which are about change in some way. The thirteen minute opener "Change" and the following "Hate Dancin'", one of the band's catchiest songs yet, both relate to a change of opinion. The super jazzy "Astroturf" and the soft, slow "Exploding Suns" reference the changing of the earth, while the ethereal "No Body" and fast paced, synth driven "Gondii" both reference physical change. Change is even used as a pun on the final track "Short Change", a literally condensed version of the opener. Every track flows together quite nicely, especially due to every song on the album using the same chord progression, a second layer to this album's concept. It's easy to hear why Gizz delayed this album from its intended 2017 release, as it's one of the band's most tight and focused albums in a while, especially during the much more jam focused 2022 run of albums. Though "Changes" may not appear as complex as much of the band's work, it's an extremely fun and easy pop album, the kind I've been waiting to hear from the band since "Butterfly 3000".