A heavy hip-hop influence pervades throughout, but the blueprint of the Oxford band remains: dreamy, danceable psych-pop beats providing the backdrop to the most troublesome of memoirs.
Glass Animals' most cohesive and satisfying album to date, Dreamland is a well-deserved triumph that's as rewarding for fans to hear as it was for the band to make.
‘Dreamland’ is stuffed with effervescent nuggets of pop gold ... Yet look behind glittering shells of these tunes and you’ll find hugely personal stories, told with new strength and resilience.
It matches How to Be a Human Being in style and high points, if not quite variety or consistent quality. It may not convert unbelievers, but for fans, Dreamland is a continuation of a winning formula.
A brave and ultimately bold move, it’s hugely effective – direct yet sumptuously nuanced, ‘Dreamland’ is a triumph.
Dreamland is a very well executed album, it is progressive in all the right ways, without ever losing sight of the group’s quirky signature sound.
Drenched in warm, honeyed vocals and tunes referencing heatwaves and tropical fruit, Glass Animals return with a timely pairing for the sweltering August weather.
There are moments where the lyrics can get a bit ludicrous and some songs veer a bit too much towards the pop production of Maroon 5. Nonetheless, it’s brave and admirable for Dave Bayley and Glass Animals to take the challenging leap into more exposing lyrics.
Other songs blend seamlessly into each other, which is both an endearing and disappointing factor in an overall assured and intimate album.
If Dreamland is any indicator of their direction from here on out, I’ll have to content myself with Glass Animals being a slightly-better version of something mediocre.
Dreamland is a project that’s as momentarily annoying as it is infinitely forgettable.
Bro what is this cringe vaporware aesthetic. I get it bro you think it's so cool and quirky but no, it's just cringe. Vaporware is for fucking dweebs, go listen to some real music like Dream Theatre or Meshuggah you Kevin Parker wannabe looking ass.
glass animals have ascended into a musical institution (listen to “your love (déjà vu)”).
at its most basic, this album is just fun.
honestly though, it is a disappointing album.
This album is so boring, quirky, and misguided, that Heat Waves, a song I have hated since I first heard it, sounds like a god damn masterpiece in the track list.
Let’s get one thing straight, the lyrics fucking suck ass on this album. It’s so tongue and cheek, sounding like scattershot keywords to make you think it’s a vibe without providing any substance. Dave is a horrible singer, thinking that being different means being annoying.
The beats are okay, and there is ... read more
This is my second time listening to this album but it’s been a long time since I’ve listened to the full project so I wanted to see if my thoughts changed at all. The first time I didn’t really like most of the songs on here except for Tokyo drifting, helium, and heat waves so I guess we will see if my feelings have grown for this album at all.
For the most part my thoughts have sadly stayed the same for this project. I think a couple songs grew on me and a couple shrunk on ... read more
1 Dreamland -35
2 Tangerine -55
3 ((home movie: 1994)) -10
4 Hot Sugar -60
5 ((home movie: btx)) -10
6 Space Ghost Coast To Coast -80
7 Tokyo Drifting -70
8 Melon and the Coconut -25
9 Your Love (Déjà Vu) -85
10 Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth -70
11 It’s All So Incredibly Loud -50
12 ((home movie: rockets)) -15
13 Domestic Bliss -30
14 Heat Waves -60
15 ((home movie: shoes on)) -10
16 Helium -50
I think this album objectively fails as an album experience. I understand ... read more
1 | Dreamland 3:23 | 57 |
2 | Tangerine 3:20 | 59 |
3 | ((home movie: 1994)) 0:07 | 33 |
4 | Hot Sugar 3:54 | 56 |
5 | ((home movie: btx)) 0:13 | 32 |
6 | Space Ghost Coast To Coast 3:07 | 56 |
7 | Tokyo Drifting 3:36 with Denzel Curry | 70 |
8 | Melon and the Coconut 2:28 | 40 |
9 | Your Love (Déjà Vu) 3:54 | 73 |
10 | Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth 2:41 | 55 |
11 | It’s All So Incredibly Loud 4:19 | 62 |
12 | ((home movie: rockets)) 1:00 | 43 |
13 | Domestic Bliss 3:18 | 48 |
14 | Heat Waves 3:58 | 57 |
15 | ((home movie: shoes on)) 0:31 | 36 |
16 | Helium 5:28 | 58 |
#24 | / | Dork |
#35 | / | The Forty-Five |
#37 | / | The Young Folks |
#60 | / | Under the Radar |
/ | Esquire |