1. Background and conception

2. Reception

3. Track listing

4. Personnel

5. References

Background and conception

Polygondwanaland first appeared as a partial leak on the band's demos for the album. The leak was uploaded to SoundCloud, but was soon taken down. As a result, news of the album was scarce and mostly involved rumors, one of which stated that it would be the last of the five albums released in 2017.

The track "Crumbling Castle," which appeared on the demo, was performed live by the band as early as September 2016, albeit in a much shorter form.^[3] However, it lay dormant for many months during an especially prolific period for the band, leading to speculation that the track might have been scrapped. Both the track and the music video were finally released on 18 October 2017, exactly one year after the first performance of the song was uploaded to YouTube.^[4] The legitimacy of the demos were all but confirmed at this point, as not only did the track feature the album's name in the lyrics, but it also contained lengthy musical passages equal in duration to the demo.

On the day of the announcement, multiple labels announced they would be producing their own physical copies of the album. Among these were ATO Records, Blood Music, Fuzz Cult Records and Greenway Records. Fans also started crowdfunding campaigns on sites like Facebook and Kickstarter to produce their own versions of the album.

The album was uploaded to streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music on 18 November 2017.

The album's title is a portmanteau of the words polygon and Gondwana (which is sometimes known as "Gondwanaland").

Reception

Track listing

Track titles adapted from diymag.com^[10]

Personnel

• Michael Cavanagh – drums {{small|(tracks 1-8)}}, percussion {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, 10)}}, glass marimba {{small|(track 1)}}
• Cook Craig – electric guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 8, 10)}}, synthesizers {{small|(tracks 9, 10)}}
• Ambrose Kenny-Smith – harmonica {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 8, 10)}}, vocals {{small|(tracks 8, 10)}}
• Stu Mackenzie – vocals {{small|(all tracks)}}, electric guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10)}}, bass guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 3-7, 9)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 2, 4, 8-10)}}, synthesizers {{small|(all tracks)}}, flute {{small|(tracks 1-3, 5-8)}}, glass marimba {{small|(track 1)}}, mellotron {{small|(tracks 2, 4)}}, percussion {{small|(track 9)}}
• Eric Moore – management {{small|(all tracks)}}
• Lucas Skinner – bass guitar {{small|(track 10)}}, synthesizer {{small|(track 7)}}
• Joey Walker – electric guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 5-7, 10)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(tracks 3, 5)}}, bass guitar {{small|(tracks 1, 2, 4, 8)}}, synthesizers {{small|(tracks 5-7, 9, 10)}}, vocals {{small|(tracks 1-8, 10)}}, percussion {{small|(tracks 1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10)}}

• Leah Senior – spoken word {{small|(track 3)}}

• Casey Hartnett – recording {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 7, 8)}}
• Stu Mackenzie – recording {{small|(tracks 6, 9)}}, additional recording, production
• Ryan K. Brennan – recording {{small|(tracks 1, 10)}}
• Joey Walker – additional recording
• Sam Joseph – mixing
• Joe Carra – mastering
• Jason Galea – artwork and layout

References

• The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache
• The Magnificent (album)
• The Magnificent Ambersons (2002 film)
• The Magnificent Bandits
• The Magnificent (Beenie Man album)
• The Magnificent (disambiguation)
• The Magnificent Eleven
• The Magnificent Eleven Photos
• The Magnificent Flirt
• The Magnificent Fraud
• The Magnificent Lie
• The Magnificent Matador
• The Magnificent Meaulnes
• The Magnificent Motorbikini
• The Magnificent Muraco
• The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels
• The Magnificent Pretty Boy
• The magnificent seven
• The Magnificent Seven (2015 film)
• The Magnificent Seven (2016 film)
• The Magnificent Seven (2017 film)
• The Magnificent Seven (film)
• The Magnificent Seven (Minus 4) Caballeros
• The Magnificent Seven (remake)
• The Magnificent Seven (stable)