Glass Animals: How Heat Waves became the ultimate sleeper hit

But then, in July 2018, Joe Seaward collided with a lorry while cycling in Dublin. His leg was broken on impact and he became tangled in the truck’s trailer where his skull suffered a complex fracture, affecting the speech centre in his brain. On waking, he discovered he had lost his short-term memory; and had to relearn how to walk, talk, eat and write.