![]() Minute four of ‘Acarine’ sees another pivot, King Gizzard finally throwing itself down the techno rabbit hole they’ve danced around with increasingly prevalent synths. ![]() The refrain sees Kenny-Smith and Mackenzie harmonising over “ Your real’s not real” - a double entendre referencing newsreels and videography - Mackenzie shining on the second verse as he laments, “ Our candy is melting in the sun” and “Your farm is full of sacred cow,” satirising the beef industry’s icy reception towards change. While “Real’s Not Real” has been identified as a critique of the state of media in Australia, from which the band hails, the lyrics provide a more general, and critical, viewpoint of the world at large. Caught between newfound issues with the freshest generation on the scene, Kenny-Smith whines the chorus: “ Can’t relate face-to-face with modern day youth / Outdated, the post-millennial will get you / I was born in the echo boom / Yet I rust as the cruel millennial.” His yelpy verses expound a growing divide not only between the Boomer and Millennial generations, but also the up-and-coming Zoomers of Gen Z. Like other groups lingering in the ‘boyband renaissance’ (paging Brockhampton), King Gizzard isn’t afraid to pass the vocals around, with manic harmonicist Ambrose Kenny-Smith swinging into lead. The song runs light on Climate Change themes - still, it’s worth a listen. Just the name of track four, “The Cruel Millennial,” might have you cracking a smile.
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