Tame Impala, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Geese and Pond Members Join Forces for Studio Session
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, photo by Maclay Heriot
A new studio snippet posted to social media may foreshadow a meeting of the minds from some of the foremost artists in psychedelia and alternative rock. Yesterday, Feb. 18, Geese’s touring keyboardist Sam Revaz captured a moment from a casual jam featuring members of Tame Impala, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Geese and Pond. No collaboration has been formally announced, but given the stature of the players and their existing web of connections, just knowing they’re in the same room is enough to get excited about.
Revaz’s video pans around a packed recording space in Perth, Australia, where Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s keyboardist and saxophonist Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Geese’s drummer Max Bassin and guitarist Emily Green, singer-songwriter Benjamin Witt, Pond’s frontman Nick Allbrook and multi-instrumentalists Jay Watson, James Ireland and Shiny Joe Ryan are all seated in a ring.
This super session, occasioned by Geese’s recent Australian tour, builds from a firm foundation of prior crossings and collaborations. Geese opened for King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s 2024 US Tour, and previously covered the psych-rock ensemble’s Nonagon Infinity essential “Invisible Face.” All of Pond’s members are current or former touring members of Perth peer project Tame Impala, and Parker was a member of Pond until 2012 and served as the band’s co-producer until 2019. Watson, who performs solo under the alias GUM, teamed up with Kenny-Smith for their duo debut Ill Times in 2024, then followed up that celebrated release with the live album Live at The Corner.
Get an inside look at the jam session in the video and images below, via Stereogum.
