You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirway.
Glass Animals is a band from Oxford, England.
They've released three albums since forming back in 2010.
One of their biggest hits is the song Heat Waves, which came out in June 2020.
It was certified gold in a bunch of countries and platinum in Australia, where it hit number one.
Dave Bailey is the singer, songwriter, and producer of the band.
He won the UK's Music Producer Guild Award for Self-Producing Artist of the Year,
and he's produced songs for other artists, too.
In this episode, Dave tells the story of making Heatwaves over several months, first on his own,
and then later with his bandmates, Joe Seward, Ed Irwin Singer, and Drew McFarlane.
Here's Glass Animals on Song Exploder.
I'm Dave from Glass Animals.
May 2018 is when I first started something,
and I didn't feel like there was any pressure to make another Glass Animals record.
We weren't in a rush.
So I was going into the studio every day,
long hours, just getting crazy synth sounds, just finding sounds.
I have this like exploratory phase before actually making an album for the band,