I Love You So F****ing Much by Glass Animals is another cosmic masterpiece that combines abstract metaphors with simple, relatable ideas to make the music hit. Comprised of ten songs that span approximately forty minutes, the album’s only flaw is that it isn’t longer. Where is the deluxe edition? I know it’ll own me. Still, it’s sensational.
I’ve often said that Glass Animals have some of the most indescribable songs because I could sit here for hours trying to deconstruct one verse, and then five minutes later, I’m fixating on another line and crying. And this much was very true for Dreamland and “Heat Waves,” too. But in I Love You So F****ing Much by Glass Animals, everything feels ten times more celestial. The metaphors are accompanied by compelling graphics, but more than anything, it’s the lyrics and the melodies that are hitting harder this time around.
I’ve already voiced the importance and my now unyielding love of “Creatures in Heaven,” but I feel that we should also address how “A Tear in Space (Airlock)” is essentially tailor-made for Challengers, specifically for Art Donaldson. Listen to it. Trust me. It’s his song, and I love this idea of combining my two biggest summer obsessions. Another surprising bop is “Show Pony” because someone, please explain why I’m crying over the lyrics, “All the memories inside your curves / Now you’re coming back to show us that girl / So roll those credits, ’cause the sequel’s gonna hurt.”
I Love You So F****ing Much by Glass Animals also features brilliant tracks like “White Roses” and “Lost in the Ocean,” and much of the album marking some sort of a breakup coupled with a new beginning is entirely what makes everything hurt in all the right ways. The otherworldly metaphors and visuals provide the right kind of escape, while the lyrics allow beats of healing to course through us.
What stands out with Glass Animals is often the electric pop melodies blending with gut-wrenching lyrics. It provides the right kind of atmospheric jamming that relies heavily on dancing through the heartache, pushing through the barriers of emotional barricades. Their songs are heavy, but they don’t weigh listeners down. They uplift them. They push us to new heights and force us to grapple with what we’re trying to understand by providing all the right vibes.
I Love You So F****ing Much is certainly no Dreamland. It isn’t whimsical and light as it takes us through all the what-ifs. Instead, it’s a little more contained. We’re literally moving through airlocks, but it’s far from suffocating as the explorations take us through various cozy spaces, especially with songs like “Creatures in Heaven” and “Show Pony.”
This album feels more grounded, even though the expanses we’re in are, well…in space. It’s trying to move us through something specific, and it succeeds because it focuses on what movement represents in tight corridors. It’s about the feelings from within and the inherent human need to stay in places that might not be best for us.
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