Glass Animals

For fans of Bombay Bicycle Club and Everything Everything

Oxford born, quirky rock, Glass Animals has known one and other since the tender age of 14. Despite university commitments, the band promised themselves to join together to make music after hearing what Dace Bayley (lead singer) had been making alone.  In 2012, luck struck when they met with Paul Epworth, an English music producer and were later signed to his label Wolf Tone.

Zaba was released in June 2014 with a tour announcement starting in October and finishing in early 2015.  Zaba has mixtures of tropical tones and synthetic infusions to create a bizarre masterpiece. Bayleys husky tones craft a soothing flow of creative lyrics that make you feel alive. It’s an album you can’t help but bob-a-long to.

A few words to sum the album up: dark noises sprinkled with glitter.

Top tracks from the album: Gooey and Love Lockdown (Kayne West cover)

Deaf Havana- Old Souls

After the release of Fools and Worthless Liars, they set pretty high standards to beat in the makings of their 3rd album (especially if you listened to the alternative version of Fools and Worthless Liars which was utter perfection). Funnily enough, they proved everyone wrong and created something that was alone better than anything they had done previously. In addition to the newer sound, Deaf Havana took on 2 new members Max Britton and Matthew Veck-Gilodi (James’ younger brother Matthew who dropped out of college to play with the band on their festival dates at Reading and Leeds, since then has had a permanent place) Their first release off their new record was Boston Square which was an insight to where the band has moved musically to. With this track there’s elements of their older albums with the punky guitar riffs, which as the album leads on is lost and replaced with mature experimental sounds, featuring trumpets and choirs.


One thing with this band is that they can hide deeper meanings behind music that transports you to a better place. They might write lyrics that reflect their lowest points, but the music makes you want to belt out the songs wherever you are.