Glass Animals look outside for inspiration on latest CD

REVIEW of “Mama’s Gun” to the tropical percussions of “Life Itself” and the video game loops in “Season 2 Episode 3,” Glass Animals make each of their 11 songs as individual as the 11 folk pictured on the album cover, like a dysfunctional family portrait.

The lyrics profile people who can’t get off the couch, who hear voices, who use drugs and whose general reality never matches their dreams.

Singer Dave Bayley can be funny — “My girl eats mayonnaise from a jar while she’s getting blazed” — to deep, as in: “Guess life is long when soaked in sadness.” He also has the terrific spoken-word rant “Premade Sandwiches” about over-commercialization of food.

Strangers don’t usually help spark such good stuff, but Glass Animals are clearly a special kind of band.