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With each album, Glass Animals' bright, ear-catching music has gotten more revealing and approachable. On 2014's ZABA, their bubbly mix of indie, electronic, R&B, and hip-hop influences sounded like pop from another planet, with abstract lyrics to match (who can forget "Gooey"'s "peanut butter vibes"?). They got a little more down-to-earth with the character studies of 2016's Mercury Prize-nominated How to Be a Human Being; now, on Dreamland, singer/songwriter Dave Bayley lets his listeners get even closer by studying his own character. It's a change that was years in the making: Bayley began writing more autobiographical songs with How to Be a Human Being's closing track, "Agnes," a tribute to a dear friend whose suicide affected him deeply. When Glass Animals' drummer Joe Seaward was seriously injured in a 2018 cycling accident, the band paused as he spent months learning how to talk, walk, and play music again. During this time, Bayley sharpened his songwriting and production skills by collaborating with Flume and 6LACK, and his growing experience -- as well as the emotions stirred by Seaward's healing process -- convinced him to dig into his own life and feelings for inspiration. His transformation into a more specific songwriter only makes Dreamland's music richer, grounding his band's genre-defying approach with his own chameleonic past. Before moving to England, Bayley spent his early adolescence in Texas and immersed himself in '90s American pop culture that pops up in unexpected ways on these songs. On "Space Ghost Coast to Coast," he juxtaposes cartoon imagery, the sound of 2000s hip-hop, and memories of a childhood friend who later attempted a school shooting. Once again, Bayley's fluency at melding R&B and hip-hop elements into Glass Animals' music makes it clear how deep his love for those genres is. The martial beat of "Your Love (Déjà Vu)" was inspired by Timbaland and the Neptunes as well as Beyoncé's Coachella performance, while "Tokyo Drifting," a low-slung collaboration with Denzel Curry, introduces Bayley's own Sasha Fierce, a character called Wavey Davey. Elsewhere, Dreamland is just as musically layered and engaging as ever, with plenty of wiggly synths and bouncy beats on tracks such as "Tangerine" and "Melon and the Coconut" and slinky sensuality on "Hot Sugar." Glass Animals' most cohesive and satisfying album to date, Dreamland is a well-deserved triumph that's as rewarding for fans to hear as it was for the band to make.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
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Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wrench, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Brittany Hazzard, ComposerLyricist - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew MacFarlane, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremie Inhaber, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Orit Braha, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer - Dave Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rony Darrel, ComposerLyricist - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Ann Bridgeforth, ComposerLyricist - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremie Inhaber, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Cyrus "NOIS" Taghipour, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Curtis "Sircut" Bye, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Bozzi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Letta Mbulu, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Caiphus Semenya, ComposerLyricist - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Denzel Curry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Nakaji, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Wolf Tone Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wrench, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Co-Producer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wrench, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wrench, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Percussion, Additional Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew MacFarlane, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wrench, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Andrew MacFarlane, Keyboards, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer - Chris Galland, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremie Inhaber, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Wrench, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Sean Phelan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Billy Halliday, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Keyboards, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremie Inhaber, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Zach Pereyra, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Anthony Vilchis, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 2
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Galland, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Brittany Hazzard, ComposerLyricist - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew MacFarlane, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Arlo Parks, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremie Inhaber, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Derek "MixedByAli" Ali, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brenda Mensah, ComposerLyricist - Cyrus "NOIS" Taghipour, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bree Runway, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Curtis "Sircut" Bye, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - iann dior, Remixer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Olmo, ComposerLyricist - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 3
MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer - Diplo, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Luca Pretolesi, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Quinnell, Assistant Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Epworth, Producer, Additional Producer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shakur Ahmad, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oliver Heldens, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Riton, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Andy Miles, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Fodera, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Caiphus Semenya, ComposerLyricist - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Denzel Curry, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Recording Engineer, Strings, Synthesizer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Joe Seaward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew MacFarlane, Guitar, Strings, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Oliver Malcolm, Remixer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Edmund Irwin-Singer, Guitar, Programming, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
DISC 4
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Limited
Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Glass Animals, MainArtist - Riley McIntyre, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Luke Pickering, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Bayley, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Chloe Kramer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2020 Wolf Tone Limited
Album review
With each album, Glass Animals' bright, ear-catching music has gotten more revealing and approachable. On 2014's ZABA, their bubbly mix of indie, electronic, R&B, and hip-hop influences sounded like pop from another planet, with abstract lyrics to match (who can forget "Gooey"'s "peanut butter vibes"?). They got a little more down-to-earth with the character studies of 2016's Mercury Prize-nominated How to Be a Human Being; now, on Dreamland, singer/songwriter Dave Bayley lets his listeners get even closer by studying his own character. It's a change that was years in the making: Bayley began writing more autobiographical songs with How to Be a Human Being's closing track, "Agnes," a tribute to a dear friend whose suicide affected him deeply. When Glass Animals' drummer Joe Seaward was seriously injured in a 2018 cycling accident, the band paused as he spent months learning how to talk, walk, and play music again. During this time, Bayley sharpened his songwriting and production skills by collaborating with Flume and 6LACK, and his growing experience -- as well as the emotions stirred by Seaward's healing process -- convinced him to dig into his own life and feelings for inspiration. His transformation into a more specific songwriter only makes Dreamland's music richer, grounding his band's genre-defying approach with his own chameleonic past. Before moving to England, Bayley spent his early adolescence in Texas and immersed himself in '90s American pop culture that pops up in unexpected ways on these songs. On "Space Ghost Coast to Coast," he juxtaposes cartoon imagery, the sound of 2000s hip-hop, and memories of a childhood friend who later attempted a school shooting. Once again, Bayley's fluency at melding R&B and hip-hop elements into Glass Animals' music makes it clear how deep his love for those genres is. The martial beat of "Your Love (Déjà Vu)" was inspired by Timbaland and the Neptunes as well as Beyoncé's Coachella performance, while "Tokyo Drifting," a low-slung collaboration with Denzel Curry, introduces Bayley's own Sasha Fierce, a character called Wavey Davey. Elsewhere, Dreamland is just as musically layered and engaging as ever, with plenty of wiggly synths and bouncy beats on tracks such as "Tangerine" and "Melon and the Coconut" and slinky sensuality on "Hot Sugar." Glass Animals' most cohesive and satisfying album to date, Dreamland is a well-deserved triumph that's as rewarding for fans to hear as it was for the band to make.
© Heather Phares /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 01:26:37
- Main artists: Glass Animals
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 2021 Wolf Tone Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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