Glass Animals Release Video Game For Season 2 Episode 3

Following the release of the idiosyncratic, psychedelic video for current single ‘Season 2, Episode 3’ Glass Animals today release the highly addictive corresponding video game. You can play the game here. The track’s Nintendo 64-style blips and skittish 8-bit beat perfectly soundtrack the game, combining to create something deliciously nostalgic and transporting the player into the mind of the song’s protagonist with retro arcade-style graphics.

Lead singer Dave Bayley explains: “S02E03 is about someone who sits around all day playing video games, web shopping, feasting on Netflix and delivered food between cigarettes. Thats what you hear in the song…tvs going on and off,  sounds that reference our fave video games, effects that were made to sound like they were off cartoon network, wavy lazy vibrato on everything…etc. The video was meant to visualize that, and what happens when you spend too much time on a computer and you try to hit ‘undo’ when you drop your chicken nugget, or when you watch too much stranger things and you start to think you can maybe move things with your mind. The main character’s life turns into a video game…and now you can play that game! You can throw the skateboard you’ve never really used, you can play with your food, you can attack your mad neighbour who makes too much noise doing what you can only imagine is building some kind of jet pack. But mainly you can get points. My high score so far is 3,109. If you can beat me let me know. Ok I’m going to try to top it, bye.

The video, created by lead singer Dave Bayley and director Whoopi, sets about creating a nightmareish, pixelated futuristic metropolis. Whoopi has combined his loves for art and computer gaming and now works on a variety of projects ranging from high-profile commercials, international music festivals, and mobile apps.

Whoopi Explains: “Creating this app was a lot of fun, because I was able to take the music video I directed and turn it into a music video game for the Glass Animals’ fans to interact with on a different level. It’s what I want to see the direction of music videos go in in the future, because watching them is cool, but playing them is WAY more exciting!”

To get things rolling with ‘Season 2 Episode 3’, there’s a competition up and running via Faster Louder: play the game, take a screengrab of your score and post it in the comments here, and if you get the high score you can win some sweet prizes. The winners will get two double passes to their Sydney and Melbourne shows, and the runners up will get signed postcards and some LPs.

Watch the video to Glass Animals Season 2, Episode 3 here