Glass Animals
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Dave Bayley performing with Glass Animals in 2016.
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| Origin | Oxford, England |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Wolf Tone, Caroline International, Harvest Records |
| Website | glassanimals |
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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). 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 on August 26, 2016, to critical acclaim. The band has toured internationally and featured on line ups at festivals such as Glastonbury,Coachella,Bonnaroo,Lollapalooza, Reading/Leeds,Falls Festival, St. Jerome's Laneway Festival, Southbound and Bestival.
Bandmates Bayley, Seaward, MacFarlane and Irwin-Singer were friends at secondary school in Oxford and formed Glass Animals in 2010 when at university. They first performed live at Oxford's Jericho Tavern on April 9th 2010 supporting Chapel Club. The band released their debut EP, Leaflings, on May 28, 2012, which included the single "Cocoa Hooves". It was released on independent label Kaya Kaya Records, a subsidiary and imprint of XL Recordings (part of the Beggars Group of labels). Lead singer and guitarist Dave Bayley was attending medical school at London King's College but quit once Adele's producer Paul Epworth saw the Glass Animals performing in London and signed them to his label Wolf Tone.
In 2013, the band put out another single, titled "Black Mambo". It appeared on on Glass Animals' second, self-titled EP, which was released on November 12, 2013. "We didn’t really know anything about the music industry or the music world. We were just trying to figure out who we were, what sounded good to us," said lead singer Dave Bayley when asked what the band was doing during the period of time between the release of "Black Mambo" and their debut album. The Glass Animals EP also saw the band collaborating with Jean Deaux, a soulful hip-hop teenager from Chicago, on a song titled "Woozy".
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