Dreamland [Real Life Edition] [Glow-in-the-Dark Vinyl]

Dreamland [Real Life Edition] [Glow-in-the-Dark Vinyl]

by Glass Animals
Dreamland [Real Life Edition] [Glow-in-the-Dark Vinyl]

Dreamland [Real Life Edition] [Glow-in-the-Dark Vinyl]

by Glass Animals

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - Special Edition)

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Overview

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 (Deja Vu)" was inspired by Timbaland and the Neptunes as well as Beyonce'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

Product Details

Release Date: 08/05/2022
Label: Polydor / Republic
UPC: 0602445927449
Rank: 4398

Tracks

  1. Dreamland
  2. Tangerine
  3. ((Home Movie: 1994))
  4. Hot Sugar
  5. ((Home Movie: BTX))
  6. Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  7. Tokyo Drifting
  8. Melon and the Coconut
  9. Your Love (D¿¿j¿¿ Vu)
  10. Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth
  11. It's All So Incredibly Loud
  12. ((Home Movie: Rockets))
  13. Domestic Bliss
  14. Heat Waves
  15. ((Home Movie: Shoes On))
  16. Helium

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Glass Animals   Primary Artist
Kelly Lee Owens   Primary Artist
Denzel Curry   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Young Franco   Primary Artist
DJ Seinfeld   Primary Artist
Bree Runway   Primary Artist,Vocals
v   Primary Artist
Iann Dior   Primary Artist,Vocals
Arlo Parks   Primary Artist,Vocals
Logic1000   Primary Artist
Raz & Afla   Primary Artist
Oliver Malcolm   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mona Yim   Primary Artist
Riton   Primary Artist
Albert Hammond, Jr.   Primary Artist
Clap! Clap!   Primary Artist
Hit-Boy   Primary Artist
Washed Out   Primary Artist
Sonny Fodera   Primary Artist
Oliver Heldens   Primary Artist
Letta Mbulu   Vocals
Paul Epworth   Strings,Percussion,Synthesizer
Edmund Irwin-Singer   Guitar,Strings,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Bass (Vocal),Guitar (Bass)
David Bayley   Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Strings,Keyboards,Percussion,Synthesizer,Bass (Vocal),Guitar (Bass)
Joe Seaward   Drums,Percussion
Andrew MacFarlane   Guitar,Strings,Keyboards
Orit Braha   Vocals

Technical Credits

Chris Gehringer   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Will Quinnell   Assistant Mastering Engineer
David Wrench   Mixing
Riton   Musical Producer
Clap! Clap!   Musical Producer
Luca Pretolesi   Mastering Engineer
Dave Hamilton   Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Paul Epworth   Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Diplo   Remix Engineer
Caiphus Semenya   Composer
Chris Galland   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Hudson Mohawke   Remix Engineer
Mike Bozzi   Mastering Engineer
Edmund Irwin-Singer   Engineer,Programming,Group Member
Rony Darrell   Composer
Hit-Boy   Musical Producer
Washed Out   Musical Producer
Andy Miles   Mastering Engineer
Sonny Fodera   Musical Producer
Sean Phelan   Engineer
Ann Bridgeforth   Composer
David Nakaji   Mixing
Derek "MixedByAli" Ali   Mixing
Glass Animals   Composer
David Bayley   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming,Group Member,Executive Producer
Oliver Heldens   Musical Producer
Kelly Lee Owens   Remix Engineer,Musical Producer
Denzel Curry   Composer
Joe Seaward   Group Member
Riley Macintyre   Engineer,Recording
Robin Florent   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Young Franco   Musical Producer
Brittany Hazzard   Composer
Billy Halliday   Engineer
DJ Seinfeld   Musical Producer
Cyrus Taghipour   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Luke Pickering   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Scott Desmarais   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Andrew MacFarlane   Programming,Group Member
v   Musical Producer
Iann Dior   Remix Engineer
Curtis "Sircut" Bye   Assistant,Mixing Assistant
Jeremie Inhaber   Assistant,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Chloe Kraemer   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Logic1000   Musical Producer
Raz & Afla   Musical Producer
Oliver Malcolm   Remix Engineer
Zach Pereyra   Mixing Assistant
Brenda Mensah   Composer
Orit Braha   Composer
Shakur Ahmad   Remix Engineer
Anthony Vilchis   Mixing Assistant
Mona Yim   Musical Producer
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