Review: Life has been a bit of a slow burner for Oxford-born Glass Animals. The four-piece first began to garner 'real' attention in the run up to their 2014 debut album, Saba, with the single 'Gooey' doing them no disservice in the popularity stakes. Follow up How To Be A Human Being found itself on the Mercury Music Prize shortlist, but it was only really when LP three then hit number two in the UK albums chart and seven in the Billboard 200 that we can say they really reached the heights of fame, almost a decade into their story. That was then, though, and this is now. Four years, and one pandemic later, Glass Animals drop I Love You So F***ing Much, a record that fully commits to mainstream pop discourse, moving the outfit away from their psyche and electronic indie roots. The formula certainly suits, with the record a rich and largely joyful trip into a world of arena tours and anthems.
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