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An illustration of the word “GUM” rendered in chunky, bubble-like pink letters. The letters sit on a grey, cratered lunar surface against a black starry sky with two colourful planets.

Get your eyeballs around Jason Galea's psych album artwork

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Date
12 March 2015

I came across Jason when I was ogling at this poster for the Panache Spring Fling featuring White Fence, yet another ear-watering gig that I won’t be able to make it to because it’s across the Atlantic. Panache is a boutique booking agency in LA which represent bands like Ty Segall, Chris Cohen, Jacco Gardner, Fuzz, Juliana Barwick, U.S Girls…I could go on. In keeping with its roster it commissions the likes of Melbourne-based visual artist Jason Galea to make the posters and sleeves look as cool and apt as possible. Jason clearly knows what he’s doing with these posters, record sleeves and animations. This is the work of someone who has studied the music visuals of the past, sat around a Ouija board, reincarnated them, and smoked the spirits up in an acid-green infinity bong before splurging them out as art. It’s okay to rip stylistic qualities from eras gone by, but only if you, like Jason, genuinely love the music, and know exactly what you are doing.

A psychedelic collage featuring distorted, repeating images of people arranged in a circular pattern. The figures are layered over a green and yellow radiating sunburst background with a 3D anaglyph effect. Text in the centre reads “King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard” and “Cellophane”.
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Jason Galea: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Cellophane 7"

A black and white psychedelic poster for the band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. A central, surreal illustration of a distorted face is surrounded by swirling patterns and the text “CMJ Bloodbath”. The bottom of the poster lists a series of tour dates and venues in Brooklyn and New York for October 2011.
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Jason Galea: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – CMJ Tour poster

An illustration for an album cover featuring a hooded skeleton figure sitting on a red patterned rug. Bold, stylised text reads “The Let Your Hair Down Girls” at the top and “Abuja Death Cab” at the bottom.
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Jason Galea: The Let Your Hair Down Girls – Abuja Death Cab

An illustration of a space scene with a small spaceship floating above a grey, cratered moon. Large, pink, bubble-like letters spell “GUM” across the foreground. Colourful, swirling planets and stars drift through a dark, textured sky.
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Jason Galea: Gum – Delorean Highway

A psychedelic illustration for the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard album “Oddments”. The dense, colourful composition features surreal creatures, melting shapes and a blue bird-like figure holding a golden goblet.
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Jason Galea: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Oddments

A blurred, psychedelic image of a band performing on stage under colourful, dappled lights. Stylised, bubbly text reads “The Murloes” at the top and “Loopholes” at the bottom.
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Jason Galea: The Murlocs – Loop Holes

An illustration for the album “I’m in Your Mind Fuzz” by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. A giant, glowing green hand looms over a castle atop a jagged mountain, flanked by two figures in red capes.
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Jason Galea: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – I’m In Your Mind Fuzz

A psychedelic album cover featuring a central path leading towards a bright light on the horizon. The image is framed by an ornate green arch and reads “Sunbeam Sound Machine” and “Wonderer” in stylised, colourful typography.
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Jason Galea: Sunbeam Sound Machine – Wonderer

An illustration of a blue figure sitting in a yellow armchair within a minimalist room. A small television to the right displays the text “YOU’RE NOT ALONE”, while the name “ROBERT MUÑOZ” is written across the top of the wall.
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Jason Galea: Robert Muinos – You’re Not Alone

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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