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

finds her plunging headlong into electronica

Wide-spine Jacket

the 11-track set

"Blindsided"

forgotten levels of listening and observational patience

With a fifth album of new studio material

returning to the line "lights flicker as I blink my eyes

rolling pulse and 'Hungry Angry' with its slow laser descent into an earthy

Meanwhile 'Stro Kyat' invites in another supreme talent

but no one cuts to the chase quite like Black Thought

like "Arpeggiator" and "Pink Frosty

Beck tinkered with more traditions and aesthetic approaches than an average cultural-studies professor sees in a career: hip-hop beats