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27. Glass Animals – Zaba


Most people look to smooth R&B for sexytime music. It’s obvious why. But one of the sexiest songs in recent years, for me, was Miguel’s “Adorn.” It had sultry sexytime vocals mixed with little electronic tics and layered synthesizers and an overall quirky rhythm. That combination is what feels to be the basis of this album from British duo Glass Animals. Sexy little FKA Twigs style rhythms abound here. But while that much-heralded FKA Twigs album left me cold, I appreciate Glass Animals for their more conventional cacophonous builds and accessible vocal lines. This album is like if Alt-J were interested in making love to partners they respect rather than just penetrating them with broomsticks.