It feels so different from ZABA yet it still has their recognizable style/sound, something that I'm glad they've managed to find during their short and promising career. It tells the stories of fictional characters created by the frontman, inspired by stories the band has heard from everyday people. This sophomore album is an album where you feel immersed in.well people. Glass Animals debut album, ZABA, was an album where you felt immersed in nature. How To Be A Human Being really is something special.

And that really means something, considering the fact that this year we've had new records from artists like Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean and even the late David Bowie. And that really means Despite the fact that it only came out yesterday, How To Be A Human Being is practically my favorite album this year. Album DescriptionDespite the fact that it only came out yesterday, How To Be A Human Being is practically my favorite album this year. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. An equally strange and sexy debut, Zaba's most audacious moments suggest Glass Animals will be an even more compelling act next time around. The band is often at its most fascinating when it conveys the chilled-out sophistication of dance music via rock, as on the low-slung groove of 'Toes' or the rippling former single 'Black Mambo,' which makes the most of the jazzy androgyny of Bayley's vocals.

'Intruxx''s looping beat sounds like a trip-hop rhythm translated into live percussion that sounds right at home next to 'Wyrd''s bubbly electronics. All of Zaba is coated in dripping reverb that gives it a slippery feel that matches the effortless way Glass Animals slide between electric and electronic instrumentation. Bayley, who produced the album, lavishes these songs with sonic details that are almost hallucinatory: the echoes that grace opening track 'Flip' suggest a slow-motion reverie before the song locks into a louder, and arguably more predictable, rock groove, while 'Pools' lives up to its name with its aquatic sound.

However, Zaba also shows what David Bayley and company bring to this style. On their full-length debut, Glass Animals recall more than a few of their contemporaries: Foals, Alt-J, and especially Wild Beasts spring to mind as touchstones for the band's lush yet challenging mix of indie and electronic sounds ('Hazey,' meanwhile, suggests a collaboration between Massive Attack and Antony Hegarty). Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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