How To Be A Human Being

AlbumAug 26 / 201611 songs, 43m 14s
Indietronica Alt-Pop
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An engrossing record from start to finish that'll whip you through the emotional gamut.

Character studies and ready melodies abound in the latest record by the Oxford quartet

Rhythms and grooves purpose made to keep the body moving.

The Oxford group's second album sees them shifting the paradigms of reality, with fireworks guaranteed.

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Album number two from Oxford gang Glass Animals is arguably yet more effervescent than its 2014 predecessor, the luminescent and eclectic Zaba.

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Glass Animals proved themselves worthy of all the early-bird hype with ZABA, their psychedelic dance debut from 2014. If you loved that record, How to Be a Human Being is good news.

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“To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” Such was the advice of one John Henry Newman (the theologian, not the

But Glass Animals, the Oxford Alt-J-alikes with more than 200m Spotify streams, have used their time on the road imaginatively.

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Glass Animals’ debut Zaba was an out-of-nowhere mini-sensation, full of tropical percussive flourishes and colorful lyricism–what exactly are “Peanut butter vibes”?

Album Reviews: Glass Animals - How To Be A Human Being