The road to its completion has been one marked by struggle and setbacks, though it’s in overcoming these things that has left Dreamland with added emotional weight.īayley has been open about the genesis of the album. While at that point, single ‘Tokyo Drifting’ proved a massive return to form, the question remained: how does a life-changing event form the basis of a new album?įast forward to August 2020, and the answer is here in Glass Animals’ magical third record, Dreamland.
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Bayley looks to Seaward and back to the crowd, thanking everyone for making the show such a special experience.Īt that stage, it was a miracle the band were even onstage and had gotten through a full set, let alone conceptualising a whole new album.
The rest of the band takes the moment as a slight breather, wiping away sweat and rehydrating as the crowd hollers of praise. There’s a pause where frontman Dave Bayley stands at the front of the stage, emotional. Sweaty bodies moved together, pineapples were thrown in the air, new music was road tested while the crowd favourites were rejuvenated. The show was also their first in Australia in some time, in a packed out Prince Bandroom in Melbourne. On one particular November evening, the band was back on stage for just the second time since tentatively making their return to live performance, following drummer Joe Seaward’s recovery from a road accident that almost saw him lose his life. Back before the idea of a global pandemic could have been conceived, the Oxford group were already well on the road to overcoming a massive curveball that had been thrown their way. When life as they knew it came to a halt in 2018, Glass Animals had to rethink everything to get back to a recognisable sense of normal.Īnd then, November 2019 came along.
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