Flying Microtonal Banana (subtitled Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 1) is the ninth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 24 February 2017. It is the first of five albums released by the band in 2017[1] and their first exploration of microtonal music, utilising custom-built instruments.


Track listing

Vinyl releases have tracks 1–3 on Side A, and tracks 4–9 on Side B.

Flying Microtonal Banana track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rattlesnake"Stu Mackenzie7:48
2."Melting"Mackenzie5:27
3."Open Water"Mackenzie7:13
4."Sleep Drifter"Mackenzie4:44
5."Billabong Valley"
  • Mackenzie
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith
3:34
6."Anoxia"Joey Walker3:04
7."Doom City"Mackenzie3:14
8."Nuclear Fusion"
  • Mackenzie
  • Walker
4:15
9."Flying Microtonal Banana"
  • Mackenzie
  • Walker
2:34
Total length:41:53
  1. Perry, Kevin EG (12 November 2016). "King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: can the psych band release five albums in one year?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 February 2017.