The Eras Podcast: Glass Animals - honest songwriting, conjuring thunder & fear of cows

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. With thanks to our amazing team: Director: Emma Hiley Producer : Joseph Murphy Creative Producer / Guest Bookings: Abbie McCarthy / Good Karma Productions Camera Op 1: Emma Hiley Camera Op 2: Joseph Murphy Camera Op 3: Ida Just Studio Engineer: Joe Brice Editor: Joseph Murphy Mix & Master: Joe Brice Artwork: @malkahart Follow us: Instagram @theeraspodcastuk @abbiejmccarthy TikTok @theeraspodcast @abbie__mccarthy #glassanimals #davebayley #waveydavey #altmusic #indiemusic #heatwavesglassanimals #heatwaves #musicinterview #interview #music #TheErasPodcast #abbiemccarthy