Glass Animals Zaba (2 Lp's)

Glass Animals Zaba (2 Lp's)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). However, Zaba also shows what David Bayley and company bring to this style. Bayley, who produced the album, lavishes these songs with

21 is the second studio album from the multiple BRIT

towering vocal choruses

There is of course more to Barnett than her storytelling

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Rilo Kiley's rare original self-released record from 1999

Sweetener (2018) and Thank U

comparisons that have been leveled against the individual rockers before

It reunites the original lineup of the band and was recorded in the same studio where they recorded their first single for Beserkley Records nearly half a century ago

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but where Johnson often seems weighed down by the mantle of a latter-day outlaw

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The album's two hit singles