ZABA by GLASS ANIMALS

THIS HIT ME OUT OF NOWHERE (this nowhere happens to go by the name Aistė, who just casually dropped this into my life and now I have no way to repay her). I am constantly plagued by this album... what a trip!

Warm, almost tribal and at times otherworldly. It may help to not be sober or at the very least do absolutely nothing when listening to it for the first time - I prescribe a meditative experience.
This album I feel fully bloomed for me upon listening to it in a forest with fire gently toasting my cheeks.
From a musical point of view, I did not expect this from Glass Animals at all but the piecing of backyard sounds (like spoons, water, birds...) scratches my brain.

And from the emotional side, even though it’s always a different experience, it feels like the safest adventure into whatever jungle you journey into. Nothing is too weird or scary.