Glass Animals today returned from a lengthy absence, but their music is still based on the same principles they had settled on back in 2010 ; it's ethereal, sensitive and eclectic, but they've clearly been busy in the past two years, because it's fair to say that new track "Cocoa Hooves" makes it sound like they've pretty much perfected this niche they invented all for themselves. Vivid lyrics and tentative, trembling vocals make sure that it packs an emotional punch, making "Cocoa Hooves" feel so intimate that it demands all your attention. Genuinely phenomenal, reserved beauty. [...]
Listening to this track is like watching a wave in slow motion motion: it builds and builds and builds some more, and finally, almost reluctantly, crashes down in a froth of warm bass and keening vocals. The wait is well worth it though, especially if you have decent speakers, as the mysterious Glass Animals have hit gold with this mix of haunting vocals, mythical imagery and swooping electronic production. Its not really surprising that I love this track so much (and I hope you do to) - it sounds like a combination of Wild Beasts and The [...]
The Floydcast is named after that furry fuckwit in the picture: the Song, by Toad house cat and Mrs. Toad's imbecilic companion of the last seven years. Last night we had him killed. I know you're supposed to say 'put to sleep' or whatever, but when the poor wee fucker is looking plaintively at you because you're the only person at the vet's that he actually trusts it really does feel like execution. We think he had lung cancer of some form or other. His lungs had clouded up, the vet had tried more or less every trick [...]
I've been investing great swathes of time listening to the Beastie Boys ' audio commentaries of the their best albums . They're a blast, with the three now-veteran (OK, 'old') japesters collectively pressing tongues firmly into their cheeks. Still, these insights are hugely revealing, particularly when it comes to the thorny issue of defining creativity itself. Much time is dedicated to bickering good-naturedly over whether an SP-1200 or Akai MPC-60 was used to sample a novelty cod-funk record, and by their own admission the hectic and brilliant Check Your Head took three years to make: of which [...]
Apparently I'm not the only one drawing parallels to The Antlers or The XX as the tunes of the Oxford based quartet Glass Animals fill my ears, wich also made it to Relentless Noisemaker 's end of the year list with the genius track Life Lomographic (below). Blending dubstep and pop with sweet, ethereal-sounding vocals is nothing new to the musicsphere these days, already having the likes of Jamie Woon filling up the lists of 2011 faster than anyone could have imagined, something I'm sure Glass Animals' mysteriously psychedelic forest-pop also [...]
Glass Animals are a London quartet that make amazing ambient trip-state music. Their song drips has been on constant rotation since I first heard it 2 days ago.Glass Animals music takes you on incredible journey with out the aid drugs each song keeps you guessing as to what is coming up next in the score. Enjoy Drips by Glass Animals Dust In Your Pocket by Glass Animals [...]
Oxford/South London's Glass Animals shared "Drips" with me (and 90+ others) via SoundCloud. The song's aqueous, echoing key tones immediately captured my attention. Then came the distinctively British-sounding, smooth-as-silk vocals, and suddenly "Drips" was the most hauntingly beautiful thing I'd heard all week. Sounds a bit like Morrissey writing some ambient New Age while cooped up in a cave. Creepy yet gorgeous. Listen to "Drips" below; get more Glass Animals at their SoundCloud . Drips by Glass Animals [...]
Brittiska 2/trip-step-trion Glass Animals är efter en tid i tystnad tillbaka i hetluften igen med två nya låtar som lagts upp på Soundcloud for your streaming pleasure. Den ena av dom, och i mitt tycke den bästa, kommer även här Glass Animals - Dust in your pocket
Welcome to the second installment of the Song, by Toad Festive Fifty for 2010. Yesterday I explained why I am going to have to exclude Song, by Toad Records music from my end of year lists from now on, and today I am going to explain (i.e. make feeble excuses for) some of the inconsistencies and idiosyncrasies you might perceive in this particular list. There are certain albums, for example, which just don't yield edited highlights all that easily. There are no songs by Mount Erie or The Books, for example, because I found it next to impossible [...]
Glass Animals are a band from Oxford, England, like most of the electronic music coming out of the UK the band can be lumped in with the dubstep genre. They make sparse, drum machine propelled tracks each buried in a depth of samples and other instruments. For their new...
Photo by Thilini Gamalath Merry Xmas everyone! Here's a beautiful remix that Glass Animal sent the other day of "Hologram" from UK post-punk outfit, These New Puritans.... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
Art: Paul Mutant It's been a while. Play-it-all player just right there ↓ Starting with a High Rankin track again, "The Things You Do" is part of the almost too perfect This Is Suicide Dub Vol. 2 compilation. High Rankin - The Things You Do Sidelock is a new dubstep / drum & bass talent from YouTube , but should get some blog love too, so here you go. [...]
Penguin Prison is always on the up and up, knocking out originals and remixes plus featuring on a few decent releases including the recent Temper Trap 'Conditions' and Faithless Remix Packs. The 'Golden Train' ep is figuratively the next step in their world domination of studio production slash live band crossover goodness. A cool bit of noise came over from James at Ohh Brilliant in the form of a Sam Sparro and Golden Touch Remix with some verbed out vox and glistening layered sythn lines. Penguin Prison - Golden Train [...]
My brother heads off today, so I figured we'd take one last chance to do a podcast while we can. This is mostly new stuff and inbox though, so I am not sure how he'll react. Actually, he was in the room last week while I went through my inbox, played stuff, replied to emails, deleted things, and so on and so forth. I think his response was that he simply wouldn't be able to handle the avalanche of shit I have to get through, and that it would simply turn him off music completely. I [...]
Glass Animals , from London and the Southeast UK, have a comforting, unique sound. Their ability to mix experimental, electronic samples with accessible rhythms is not an easy feat. The music is at once tranquil and calming, but the grooves-driven sound gives Glass Animals a great deal of swagger. Dave Bayley is the leading man behind Glass Animals, providing the soothing too-cool-for-school vocals as well as guitar and "sounds" (according to their MySpace ). He's joined by Drew MacFarlane on keys and guitar and Joe Seaward on drums. The new songs below may take a little longer [...]
Just got a new track from Glass Animals , a seven minute odyssey of indie future dub. As always, good stuff. Glass Animals- Leaflings
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It's tough on the band to describe Glass Animals' new tracks "Leaflings" and "Life Lomographic" as the perfect collision between Wild Beasts' eccentric vocals, Radiohead's sensitivity and Flying Lotus' softly pulsating electronics. Literally almost impossible to live up to a description like that, but "Leaflings" comes pretty terrifyingly close for an unsigned band. Infact, it comes pretty elbow-scrapingly close for any band, regardless of whether they've yet managed to convince a record label to offload cash onto them. Without a doubt, "Leaflings" is an absolute triumph in the dark, beating heart of post-dubstep atmospherics, and whilst it would be easy [...]
De här två nya låtarna från Glass Animals har egentligen legat i inkorgen ett bra tag nu, i bloggsammanhang längre än så, men nu kom jag mig äntligen för att dela med mig av den mörka och ambienta 2-step som den brittiska trion skapar. De har för tillfället fullt upp i studion så räkna med mer vackra spår inom en snar framtid, och missa dem för allt i världen inte live om du bor i England Glass Animals - Life lomographic Glass Animals - Leaflings
1. Bibio- Lovers Carvings (Catz n Dogz Re-edit) 2. Shlohmo- Sippy Cup (Original Mix) 3. Monkey Safari – Waiting (Original Mix) 4. Glass Animals- Life Lomographic (Original Mix) 5. Baths- Hall (Asura Remix) 6. B Ju- My Sneakers (Original Mix) 7. Lindstrom & Christabelle- Lovesick (Four Tet Remix) 8. Sebastien Leger- Superdrums (Original Mix) 9. Zero 7- Ghost Symbol (Julio Bashmore Remix) 10. Cajmere- Percolator (Claude VonStroke Remix) 11. Crystal Fighters- In The Summer (Chaos In The CBD Remix) 12. Totally [...]
i wanted to write something really special here for glass animals but it's so hard to really understand the going on's behind the group due to the magnitude and sound they produce. while some bands and producers like to pigeonhole themselves into a genre the trio dave, drew and joe leave everything open to interpretation... shown especially on the new material 'life lomographic' and 'leaflings' with a changing ambient psychedelic vibe coupled with whispered vocals. Glass Animals - Life Lomographic ysi 320Kbps Glass Animals - [...]
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