Genre: Post-Punk, Indie Rock
Year: 2010
Location: Oxford, England
Label: Transgressive (UK), Sub Pop (US)
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01. Blue Blood
02. Miami
03. Total Life Forever
04. Black Gold
05. Spanish Sahara
06. This Orient
07. Fugue
08. After Glow
09. Alabaster
10. 2 Trees
11. What Remains
Back in 2008, Foals’ Antidotes was easily one of my favorite album, the up-tempo dancey British indie rock really caught a spot with me. So when news had gotten to me that Foals newest album, Total Life Forever, was going to be different from their debut LP, I got a bit worried. Well thank the heavens that their relative change in sounds is not only progressive as a band, but it sounds incredible. Foals have dropped that super-danciness and picked up a mature dark post-punk sound, still echoing 2008′s Antidotes. The best example of this on Total Life Forever is the first released song, “Spanish Sahara”. The nearly 7-min epic builds slowly, under Yannis Philippakis’ haunting voice, anticipating an explosion of sound but droping off with you wanting more. This craving, fulfilled throughout the entire album, shows the true magic behind Total Life Forever and how far Foals has progressed as a band in just two years.. This will be out on June 15th on Transgressive (UK) and Sub Pop (US), I don’t think Sub Pop has a preorder available yet but check back with them soon!
