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Zaba

Glass Animals

Zaba

Debut album from the Oxford indie rock quartet produced by Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence and the Machine, Coldplay) and release on his own label

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Wolf Tone / Harvest
UK Release date
09/06/2014
US Release date
17/06/2014
  1. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    One of the strongest debut albums of the year so far. It’s totally invigorating
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  2. 9.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Bizarre, gorgeous, playful and dark—and it’s absolutely mesmerizing
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  3. 8.3 |   Earbuddy

    Instead of merely tweaking an exhausted electronic pop formula, Glass Animals debut is exhilarating, fun, and seductive
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  4. 8.0 |   DIY

    If there’s one thing that Glass Animals have perfected for the first time during their short tenure, it’s hooks
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  5. 8.0 |   NME

    An assured debut
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  6. 8.0 |   Q

    Glass Animals have mapped out a vivid, intoxicating soundworld of their own. Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    Thinking man’s R&B
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  8. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Glass Animals conveys just the right note of opalescent weirdness and smirking, furry mischief
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  9. 8.0 |   Clash

    They are still one of the most exciting bands in Britain in 2014, and ‘Zaba’ is blessed with musical facets that will blind you with their splendour
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  10. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Sounds immediately familiar but implacable. It's sleek, sexy, and irrefutably odd
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  11. 7.0 |   Uncut

    This is a stylish and inviting debut. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Their debut album, the first full-length release on super-producer Paul Epworth's label, is too clinical to truly convince
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  13. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Whilst Glass Animals excel at sustaining mood all that effort never really builds to any kind of release, just ultimately fading away beneath a queasy drape of melody and a frustrating sense of unfulfilment
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  14. 5.0 |   The Quietus

    Glass Animals sound like they are on the cusp of everything. There's a gap between their vocabulary and their sound, their choruses and their intros, their obvious intelligence and what they've produced
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