Abbie McCarthy is in conversation with Dave Bayley, the frontman of critically acclaimed band Glass Animals to get all the details on their latest album 'I Love You So F***ing Much' and their other eras so far.
In this episode Dave and Abbie discuss the band's beginnings, record-breaking song 'Heatwaves', having an existential crisis, feeling empowered by their fans to write more candidly and creating in the middle of the night.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Coming up...
00:20 Introduction
01:17 Growing up in Texas
03:05 Early music taste
05:00 Moving to Oxford
06:55 First gig memories
07:38 Meeting the rest of the band
11:58 Medicine vs music & DJing
15:58 Signing to Wolf Tone (Paul Epworth's label)
18:01 Crafting the signature Glass Animals sound
19:33 'Gooey'
23:58 Expression & solace in music
25:07 Favourite part of being an artist
26:18 Thunder moment at Red Rocks show
27:48 Connection to the fans
30:03 Pineapples
30:58 Album concepts
35:00 Ideas in the middle of the night
37:00 'I Love You So F***ing Much' era
39:18 Working with Elton John
40:35 Writing new album in LA
42:17 'Show Pony'
44:28 Scary cows lol
45:15 'Creatures In Heaven'
47:05 'I Can't Make You Fall In Love Again'
48:05 Scaling up live shows
50:15 Global audience
52:08 'Heatwaves'
56:06 Pitching music to Rihanna
57:27 Dave's Top 5 Glass Animals songs
59:30 Favourite moments
1:00:44 Goodbye & Outro
Music produced by JMAC, Freddy Sheed & Rich Zbaraski.
The Eras Podcast is a Good Karma Production, recorded at Metropolis Studios.
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Director: Emma Hiley
Producer : Joseph Murphy
Creative Producer / Guest Bookings: Abbie McCarthy / Good Karma Productions
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Camera Op 3: Ida Just
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