Fishing for Fishies

Fishing for Fishies was first teased toward by the band on 21 January 2019, over a year after the release of the last of their five 2017 albums, Gumboot Soup, when they posted a picture of them in the studio onto their social media captioned "new music coming soon".[8] The band then released the first single, "Cyboogie", as a 7" single with the song "Acarine" as a B-side, along with an accompanying music video.[9]

In March that year, details of the album were seemingly leaked onto webstores, including the album title, cover and track listing, which included both "Cyboogie" and "Acarine", as well as minute previews of every track and the entirety of the title track. The band confirmed the leak on 11 March, officially announcing the album through social media.[10] The next day, the title track was officially released and a music video was uploaded to YouTube.[11] On 28 March, the band released the album's third single, "Boogieman Sam".[12]

On the album, band frontman Stu Mackenzie said, "We tried to make a blues record. A blues-boogie-shuffle-kinda-thing, but the songs kept fighting it — or maybe it was us fighting them. Ultimately though we let the songs guide us this time; we let them have their own personalities and forge their own path. Paths of light, paths of darkness. This is a collection of songs that went on wild journeys of transformation."[6]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[13]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[14]
DIY	[15]
Exclaim!	8/10[16]
NME	[17]
Pitchfork	4.8/10[18]
Under the Radar	[19]

The album has received mostly positive reviews, though Sophie Kemp of Pitchfork rated it 4.8 out of 10 and said that the album 'is vaguely about the environment, but mostly about goofing off with expensive equipment in service to the concept of “boogie oogie ooging".[18] NME rated it four stars, saying that the album was "their most accessible and immediate album to date".[17] DIY's Connor Thirlwell gave the album three and a half out of four stars, noting that "King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard still know how to kick ass".[15]

Vinyl releases have tracks 1–5 on side A, and tracks 6–9 on side B.[20]

Credits for Fishing for Fishies adapted from liner notes.[21]

• Stu Mackenzie – vocals (1-4, 6, 8, 9), electric guitar (1, 2, 4-6, 8), keyboards (1, 2, 6, 9), mellotron (1-3, 6-8), piano (3, 6-8), synthesizer (8, 9), organ (3, 5), bass (2, 3, 5-7), flute (3, 4, 8), drums (2, 8), vibraphone (5, 7), percussion (2, 8)
• Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals (1, 2, 4-6, 8), harmonica (1, 2, 4-8), mellotron (2), piano (6), keyboards (9), percussion (5, 6)
• Joey Walker – electric guitar (1, 5, 7), bass (2, 4, 6), synthesizer (7-9), keyboards (7), acoustic guitar (7), percussion (4), vocals (4, 7)
• Cook Craig – electric guitar (1, 2, 7), bass (1, 3, 5), synthesizer (9), vocals (4)
• Michael Cavanagh – drums (1-9), percussion (3-5, 7), vocals (4)
• Lucas Skinner – bass (5), synthesizer (9), percussion (4), vocals (4)
• Eric Moore – drums (1, 6)
• Han-Tyumi – vocals (9)