In what might be one of the most unexpected collaborations of 2015, UK indie rockers Glass Animals have paired up with Brooklyn-bred hip-hop luminary Joey Bada$$ for a grimy new track they’ve dubbed ‘Lose Control’ and you can hear it now as part of Glass Animals’ Fresh Fruit series.

“I got hold of Joey’s mixtape back in 2012 and was hooked,” says Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley. “A couple months ago I heard he was into Glass Animals so I got in touch, and when I was in Brooklyn he came by the studio one night. We’re both addicted to red vitamin water so we picked some up.”

“Then I ordered some dumplings. Then I started playing him some sounds. Within an hour we had the beat and he was like ‘I’m ready.’ He got into the booth and put down pretty much the entire thing in one foul swoop… dude is so talented.”

“Then I hopped in and did my bit. Then I ate my dumplings. Hopefully we’re gonna do some more stuff together at some point.” This whirlwind evening of dumplings and dope beats has resulted in a creepy crawly track with some venomous lyrics from Joey Bada$$.

“We were in New York and the session that was supposed to start at 11am, actually started at 11pm,” he explains. “I fuck with Dave heavy – we understood each other’s vibe straight away and worked through the night to create this fire. Nobody got hurt.”

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