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GLASS ANIMALS

Ray Lego

The genesis of U.K. quartet Glass Animals’ sophomore album, How to Be a Human Being , is one of the more offbeat origin stories you’ll read. The 11 tracks which comprise the record began as secret field recordings made of the people

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