Flight b741

On 27 October 2023, when the band released their 25th studio album, The Silver Cord, they posted a thank you post via Instagram^[11] while teasing another record. On 6 May 2024, the band announced their new label, p(doom) Records, which they named after the concept of P(doom) in artificial intelligence.^[12] During the European leg of the band's World Tour 2024, multiple songs from Flight b741 would be debuted a month before the album's announcement.^[13]

The album was based on jam sessions and sees the band incorporating a blues rock style reminiscent of their sound on 2019's Fishing for Fishies. Lead vocalist Stu Mackenzie said about the record: "We're having a lot of fun, but we're often singing about some pretty heavy shit," Mackenzie adds, "and probably hitting on some deeper, more universal themes than usual. It's not a sci-fi record, it's about life and stuff. But the record is like a really fun weekend with your mates, you know? Like, proper fun."^[14]

Mackenzie also stated:

This is our most collaborative record – the collaboration was occurring in the room, it was free, and everyone was bringing in songs and ideas. And we wanted to have as many lead vocalists as we could, and to pass the mic, like, 'This is my part, my idea, I'm gonna sing it and then I'm gonna pass the mic along to you and you can do your thing'. The whole record is built around that.^[15]

On October 29, 2024, the band made a surprise announcement of a new single, "Phantom Island". In the announcement, the band noted that the Flight b741 recording sessions had actually resulted in the creation of twenty songs, with only the first ten included on Flight b741 itself. The remaining ten were recorded with a full orchestra and announced to be their own album.^[16]

The album cover for Flight b741 was designed by Jason Galea and features a wooden airplane piloted by eight pigs. According to an Instagram post by Galea, the airplane is a model, and the pigs were meticulously crafted from clay.

Vinyl releases have tracks 1–5 on side A, and tracks 6–10 on side B.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

• Stu Mackenzie – vocals, guitar (all tracks), bass guitar (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8–10), Mellotron (tracks 3, 9), organ (track 3)
• Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals (all tracks), harmonica (tracks 1–7, 10), saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 6, 9), piano (tracks 1, 2, 8–10), Mellotron (track 7)
• Joey Walker – vocals (all tracks), guitar (tracks 1–4, 6, 8–10), bass guitar (tracks 5, 7)
• Michael Cavanagh – vocals, drums, percussion (all tracks)
• Cook Craig – vocals (all tracks), organ (tracks 3–8, 10), Mellotron (tracks 1, 7, 9), bass guitar (track 2)
• Lucas Harwood – vocals (all tracks), bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 9, 10), piano (tracks 3, 5, 7, 10), organ (track 2), electric piano (track 10)

Additional musicians

• Sam Joseph – pedal steel guitar (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10); full band recording

Technical

• Stu Mackenzie – production, engineer, mixing
• Joe Carra – mastering

Artwork

• Jason Galea – artwork, layout, photography
• Maclay Heriot – photography