Glass Animals

Glass Animals

Dave Bayley performing with Glass Animals in 2016.
Background information
Origin Oxford, England
Genres
Years active 2012–present
Labels Wolf Tone, Caroline International, Harvest Records
Website glassanimals.eu
Members
  • Dave Bayley
  • Drew MacFarlane
  • Edmund Irwin-Singer
  • Joe Seaward

Glass Animals are an English indie rock band from Oxford consisting of members Dave Bayley (lead vocals, guitar, tambourine) Drew MacFarlane (guitar, keys, backing vocals) Edmund Irwin-Singer (bass, keys, backing vocals) and Joe Seaward (drums).[2] The group released their debut album Zaba in June 2014 as the first release on producer Paul Epworth's label Wolf Tone, and their second album How to Be a Human Being was released on August 26, 2016, to critical acclaim. The band has toured internationally and featured on line ups at festivals such as Glastonbury,[3] Coachella,[4] Bonnaroo,[5] Lollapalooza, Reading/Leeds,[6] Falls, Southbound and Bestival.

Biography

Lead singer Dave Bayley and his friends grew up listening to hip-hop, which partly inspired the band's style. Despite Bayley writing and recordings songs in his spare time, the group did not play together until they finished school. Bayley eventually convinced Seaward, MacFarlane and Irwin-Singer to join him. All four bandmates attended St Edward's School, Oxford.

The band released their debut EP, Leaflings, on May 28, 2012, while they were still at university. Dave Bayley had originally planned on going to medical school at London King's College after graduating, but his plans changed once Adele's producer Paul Epworth saw the Glass Animals performing in London and signed them to his label Wolf Tone.

Zaba was the band's debut album, which brought the band to 7 million listeners on Spotify in 2015. Their songs "Gooey", "Black Mambo" and "Toes" from Zaba are the most popular on Apple Music. The Deluxe version of Zaba was released in August 2015.[7]

The band performed the single "Gooey" on Late Night with Seth Meyers[8] in 2014 and again on The Late Show with David Letterman[9] on 24 February 2015.

The band visited both hemispheres and played over 130 shows in 2015 alone. Their October 2015 US tour included two sold out shows at The Wiltern in LA and sold out shows across America including T5 in NYC, The Riverside in Milwaukee and The Midland in Kansas City.

On May 16, 2016, the band released a new lead single, "Life Itself," from their upcoming sophomore album How to Be a Human Being.[10] On July 25, a second single from the album, "Youth," was released. Four days before the release of the full album, on August 22, 2016, the band released the third single, "Season 2 Episode 3".

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
UK
[11]		 AUS
[12]		 BEL
(FL)
[13]		 BEL
(WA)
[14]		 FRA
[15]		 NED
[16]		 SWI
[17]		 US
[18]
Zaba 92 12 — 162 — — — 177
How to Be a Human Being[20]
  • Released: 26 August 2016
  • Label: Wolf Tone, Caroline International
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 23 11 68 151 120 77 87 20
"—" denotes albums that did not chart, or were not released in that country.

Extended plays

Title Released
Leaflings

2012

Glass Animals

2013

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[21]		 CAN
Rock
[22]		 MEX
Air.
[23]		 US
Alt
[24]		 US
Rock
[25]
"Black Mambo" 2013 — — — 23 42 Zaba
"Pools" 2014 — — — — —
"Gooey" 40 — 25 19 26
"Hazey" — — — — —
"Lose Control" (with Joey Badass) 2015 — — — — — Non-album single
"Life Itself" 2016 — 48 — 14 21 How to Be a Human Being
"Youth" — — — — 29
"Season 2 Episode 3" — — — — 42
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Glass Animals (New band of the day No 1,635), by Paul Lester; at The Guardian, London, Thursday 7 November 2013 07.00 GMT. Retrieved on 28 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Digital, Pretty Good. "2015". Glastonbury Festival - 24–28 June 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Best Hard Core: Off! - 20 Best Things We Saw at Coachella 2015's Weekend Two". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Bonnaroo 2015 Day 1 Thursday Recap: Tove Lo, Glass Animals, Dej Loaf, Unlocking the Truth | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Glass Animals, 2015, Reading and Leeds Festival - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Muzoic - Album release ZABA (Deluxe) by Glass Animals". muzoic.org. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  8. ↑ "Watch Glass Animals Get "Gooey" Again on Late Night With Seth Meyers | The Lefort Report". www.thelefortreport.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Watch Glass Animals play 'Gooey' on Letterman". DIY. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Glass Animals tickle the feet with new single "Life Itself" — listen". 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  11. ↑ "CHART: CLUK Update 21.06.2014 (wk24)". zobbel.de. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Discography Glass Animals". Hung Medien. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Discographie Glass Animals (Flanders)". Hung Medien. Ultratop. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Glass Animals albums (Walloonie))". Ultratop. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
  15. ↑ "GLASS ANIMALS DANS LES CHARTS FRANÇAIS" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique / Lescharts. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  16. ↑ "Glass Animals MegaCharts" (in Dutch). MegaCharts / Dutchcharts. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  17. ↑ "GLASS ANIMALS IN DER SCHWEIZER HITPARADE". Hit Parade. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  18. ↑ "Glass Animals – Chart History". Billboard.com.
  19. ↑ "Upcoming Releases - HITS Daily Double". Hits Daily Double. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Glass Animals - Life Itself". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Discography Glass Animals". Hung Medien. australian-charts.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "Billboard.biz". billboard.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "Mexico Ingles Airplay". Billboard.biz.
  24. ↑ "Glass Animals – Chart History – Alternative Songs". Billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  25. ↑ "Glass Animals – Chart History – Hot Rock Songs". Billboard.com. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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