The debut album, ZABA, from Oxford band Glass Animals is only a few weeks away now. They are one of my favourite new discoveries of the last six months easily. ‘Pools’ is a song from the album that has a beguiling tropical percussive R&B stomp so it’s a good fit for a animated stop motion plasticine (mala/marla to you and me) video directed by Rafael Bonilla.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
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