

Tropical rainforest vibes are also alluded to in the title, taken from singer Bayley’s favorite childhood story, William Steig’s The Zabajaba Jungle.Įxecutive production by Paul Epworth with Bayley producing ensures that level of aural consistency, meaning ZABA which is likened to “a backdrop of man-made wilderness,” according to the band directly, is awash with ambient and alluring songcraft. The group released their debut album Zaba in June 2014 as the first release on producer Paul Epworths label Wolf Tone, and their second album How to Be a Human Being on 26 August 2016, which received a nomination for the 2017 Mercury Prize. It’s hard to know specifically what Bayley’s singing about so cryptically – but he says the lyrics “tackle the humanisation of nature and human interference with nature”. Glass Animals Lyrics - All the great songs and their lyrics from Glass Animals on. Rhythmically, the album stays minimal, with Dave Bayley’s hushed R&B vocals a constant and the production qualities of Timbaland are favoured over anything that specifically places the band alongside their aforementioned peers. ‘Black Mambo’ uses guitar scrapes and unfurling bass and keys against simple drum hits for ambience, ‘Pools’ has a tropical R&B feel and ‘Hazey’ has a percussive soulful R&B lean. But they do share a common parlance in how they translate their traditional band setup into an otherworldly place. is slinky minimal pop, not a million miles from Alt-J, but more exotic and worldly than their counterparts. French Greek Serbian: Heat Waves English. Bosnian Croatian French Greek Romanian Turkish +4. ZABA, the band’s debut album pushes their atmospheric agenda into a cohesive release. Glass Animals lyrics with translations: Heat Waves, The Other Side Of Paradise, Take a Slice, I Dont Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance).
