Every band needs a heartbeat. King Gizzard has “Cavs” pushing harder, louder, and bigger until the impossible feels normal. Recently there has been an orchestra at his back, a sold-out crowd in front of him, and nothing slowing him down. Photos by Deb Duval MD: On this current tour, you’re playing Phantom Island in its entirety and then selected songs from your previous albums in the second half of your set. Not only that, you’re also being backed by a live orchestra. Could you walk us through what it was like preparing to play these songs with them for this tour? MC: For Phantom Island, the arrangements were already written. We got this guy Sean [O’Loughlin] who’s a composer and he wrote the arrangements for the back catalog in the second half of our live set. They were songs we thought sound epic with the orchestra. We did songs like […]

February 2026 Issue