Dreamland 2016

Polish band Love De Vice was formed in 2007, initially sporting the moniker Playfinger. The core of the initial band, friends who had played together since 1993, consisted of Andrzej Archanowicz (guitars, vocals), Tomasz Kudelski (drums) and Robert Pelka (bass, vocals). For this new venture they were joined by Robert Wieczorek (guitars) and Krzysztof Slaby (keyboards). When they started recording material in 2008 it soon became clear that a vocalist was needed, which is when Pawel Granecki (vocals) joined, and soon after the band left their initial moniker Playfinger behind and decided to continue as Love De Vice.

Glass Animals release their third studio album Dreamland on Polydor. At the heart of Dreamland lies the quietly enigmatic Dave Bayley, the bands frontman and producer extraordinaire who’s work extends far beyond that of Glass Animals, with credits including Joey Bada$$, Flume, Wale, Khalid and most recently Denzel Curry on the late 2019 single Tokyo Drifting. For Bayley, Dreamland is a nostalgic memoir of his life so far, covering expansive and difficult ground and holding nothing back. It’s packed full of personal experiences, none more emotional than when the bands drummer Joe Seaward was involved in a monstrous bike accident in July 2018 which threatened his life, and that of Glass Animals altogether.

For the project's second release, Floating In Space set out to create an album that gives wings to every butterfly in your stomach. And from the opening note of the sophomore effort Dreamland to the very last tone of the spectacular closing track Earth, each song is filled with so many astoundingly gorgeous frames of optimistic grace that your heart is fit to burst. In 2016, we were introduced to just a small portion of what songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ruben Caballero was capable of. If his band's debut The Edge of the Light was to showcase the potential of the project, Dreamland is the stunning realization of that potential…