Glass Vaults, a New Zealand band, was formed in Wellington in 2010 by Richard Larsen and Rowan Pierce. Their music influences ranged from Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response to artists such as Talking Heads and Grace Jones. The band's early work included the EPs Glass and Into Clear, released in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Their first full-length album, Sojourn, was released by Flying Out in 2015 and featured singles such as "Life is the Show" and "Ancient Gates", which received extensive airplay on alternative radio stations like 95bFM and Radioactive. In 2017, Glass Vaults released their second album, The New Happy, through Melodic Records.
