''I Love You So F***ing Much'' is the fourth studio album by English
indie rock band
Glass Animals, released on 19 July 2024 through
Polydor Records.
It was preceded by the single "Creatures in Heaven", released on 3 April 2024. It is their first studio release since ''
Dreamland'', released in 2020.
Background
The album was partly inspired by the success of "
Heat Waves" in 2020,
with frontman
Dave Bayley
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saying that "sometimes you aren't able to change as quickly on a personal level". He explained that success can leave one feeling like a "spectator" with accompanying expectations to act a certain way, which "confused
imto the point of not knowing who
ewas or if anything was real".
The title is about the power and mystery of human connection in a universe that "may make us feel overwhelmingly small". Bayley also explained that the lead single "Creatures in Heaven" is about "a moment in time
..having the capacity to be enormously formative and life-changing".
Promotion
The album was promoted with a concert tour entitled “The Tour of Earth”, which started on 4 August 2024 in
Charlotte, North Carolina and will conclude on 26 November 2024 in
Sydney
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. Opening acts for the tour include
Kevin Abstract,
Eyedress,
Blondshell, and
The Big Moon
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.
Track listing
Personnel
Glass Animals
* Dave Bayley – lead vocals, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion,
programming,
sequencer
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Technology
* Drum sequencer (controller), an electromechanical system for controlling a sequence of events automatically
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, synthesizer,
production,
engineering (all tracks); bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10), string
arrangement
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(4)
* Andrew MacFarlane – keyboards, programming, synthesizer, engineering (all tracks); string arrangement (tracks 1, 3–6, 9), guitar (2, 3), percussion (9)
* Edmund Irwin-Singer – keyboards, programming, synthesizer, engineering (all tracks); bass guitar (tracks 2, 5–7, 9, 10)
* Joe Seaward – percussion (all tracks), drums (tracks 1–7, 9, 10)
Additional musicians
* Leos Strings – strings (tracks 1, 3–6, 8–10)
** Rachel Shakespeare –
cello
** Andy Crick – cello
** Jordan Bowron –
viola
** Rhiannon Fallows – viola
** Jody Smith – violin
** Sarah Thornett – violin
** Su Sturman – violin
** Matthew Chadbond – violin
** Lucy McKay – violin
** Elaine Ambridge – violin
** Laurie Dempsey – violin
Technical
*
Chris Gehringer –
mastering
*
Manny Marroquin –
mixing
* Matt Wiggins – engineering
* Anthony Vilchis – mix engineering
* Trey Station – mix engineering
* Will Quinnell – mastering assistance
Charts
References
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2024 albums
Glass Animals albums
Polydor Records albums