We’ve been huge fans of Glass Animals since their very first album “Zaba”. The Band’s music has been a staple in our collection for some years, with highlights like “Black Mambo” and “Gooey” of course. The perfect soundtrack to unwinding gently into a state of bliss. The quintessential chill-out music when everything outside seems uber strange and not very welcoming.
Today Glass Animals announce the third album. Dropping on July 10th via Republic Records, “Dreamland” will surely make its way to the charts and become another go-to album for those even stranger times we are going through at the moment. Dave Bayley went as far as making a DIY video for the title single (watch above). Bayley is a brilliant musician, and producer. Having worked with the likes of Joey Bada$$, Flume, Wale, Khalid and most recently Denzel Curry on the late 2019 single “Tokyo Drifting.”
“Dreamland” will touch upon is life so far in a nostalgic way. Packed with personal experiences and other life events like Joe Seaward’s bike accident in 2018 from which he recovered. We have high hopes for this record. And if Bayley‘s Quarantine covers are any indication, we’re totally psyched at the prospect (watch Nirvana’s Heart-Shaped Box rendition below).
Dreamland Lyrics
Pulling down backstreets
deep in your head
slipping thru dreamland like a tourist
pulling down backstreets
deep in your head
slipping thru dreamland like a tourist
that first friend you had
that worst thing you said
that perfect moment
that last tear you shed
all you’ve done in bed
all on memorex
all round round your head
all round round your head
you’ve had too much
of the digital love
you want everything live
you want things you can touch
make it feel like a movie
you saw in your youth
make it feel like that song
that just unopened you
you were 10 years old
holding hands in the classroom
he had a gun
on the first day of high school
you want something bizarre
old conceptual cars
you want girls dressed in drag
you want boys with guitars
you see kodachrome
you see pink and gold
you see mulholland glow
you see in airplane mode
all round round your head
all round round your head
all round round your head
all round round your head
you float in the pool
where the soundtrack is canned
you go ask your questions
like what makes a man
oh it’s 2020
so it’s time to change that
so you go make an album
and call it dreamland
Dave Bayley says of the album:
“The idea for this album came at a time of confusion and uncertainty. My best friend was in the hospital. I didn’t know if he’d make it. The future was damn scary and completely unknown. During those weeks in the hospital, it was so difficult to look forwards that I found myself looking backwards. Digging around in my mind, pulling up old memories, finding comfort in them even if they were uncomfortable in themselves. Speaking to friends and family, I’ve realised that a lot of people are experiencing a similar sort of confusion now. Everything that we thought we could see clearly in front of us has been thrown into the air, and all the while, we can’t be out finding our footing. We can’t be out creating new memories, so…we’re diving back head-first into the old ones. I hear that in conversations. I see it in what people are watching on TV. In what we’re listening to. In what we’re eating. In dreams.”
