Barrowland Ballroom, GlasgowThe quartet, buoyed by success of slow-burn hit Heat Waves, get themselves and their crowd drenched in sweat – even if their sound is rather homogeneous
“I’m not legally allowed to throw these any more,” says a remorseful Dave Bayley to a roar of disappointed boos. Glass Animals’ lead
Singer weighs up a pineapple in one hand. “It would knock you out!” As the four-piece band launches into the historically pineapple toss-inducing Pork Soda, their lead singer cautiously slips it into the front row.
The legal repercussions of fruit fights has been a recent consideration for the band. Formed in Oxford in 2010 and, soon after, signed by Adele’s producer, the quartet of childhood
Friends have gone from being indie club night staples in the
UK to talkshow regulars in the US. With their third album Dreamland, Glass Animals’ hallucinogenic synth-pop has subtly shifted gear, relying more on conversational rap vocals from Bayley and the sort of tropical hip-hop production that has been ubiquitous in pop since
Drake dropped Hotline Bling in 2015.
Glass Animals are on tour in the UK and
Ireland until 25 November. Details here.