Foals - Total Life Forever

  On 3/16/2010 at 3:57 AM, affliction said:

fuck yes. very anxious for their new album.

another foals fan on WATMM? i'm kind of surprised.

 

their new song is goood. not like the first album though..

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYoINidnLRQ

Whoa that song was great, I think I just became a fan. That guy looks like an Adam Buxton character though.

  On 5/21/2010 at 5:09 AM, modey said:

to be honest i don't really hear anything 'mathy' about them, besides a very obvious battles/ian williams influence in the guitar playing/looping/etc. though i've only heard this latest album, maybe i'll check out antidotes too, hmm.

Just saying what a friend stated.

Antidotes is pretty good. I'd call it a very consistent album.

going to see them tomorrow night. cant wait.

  On 5/21/2010 at 5:09 AM, modey said:

to be honest i don't really hear anything 'mathy' about them, besides a very obvious battles/ian williams influence in the guitar playing/looping/etc. though i've only heard this latest album, maybe i'll check out antidotes too, hmm.

The first album is much more mathy than the 2nd. I think "indie math rock" sounds very accurate for Antidotes (even though math rock is technically indie rock already but because of what the term "indie" has turned into blah blah blah...).

I'm still getting into the Total Life Forever, only played it twice so far. But Antidotes hooked me right away.

  On 9/30/2010 at 1:32 PM, jules said:

going to see them tomorrow night. cant wait.

I might go Oct. 23.

i feel the same exact way about the math oriented grooves of antidotes and that grabbed me right away as well. total life forever was a much slower burn but its so worth it. its a very mature and well thought out follow up that improves on almost every level. i say go see them, they are real good live

holy shit they tore it up last night. sidewinder you must go. id go with you man, if it wasnt 3000 miles from here

  On 10/2/2010 at 9:27 PM, jules said:

holy shit they tore it up last night. sidewinder you must go. id go with you man, if it wasnt 3000 miles from here

Thanks for the "review", I'll definitely consider it more now. Really depends how broke I am at the time though. But the fact it's on a Saturday will help.

sorry for the "review" im not good at them. here is the setlist if it helps. they pretty much just execute the songs perfectly. there is a small bit of jamming/improv but there should be much more imo. but they are really tight and sound amazing.

Blue Blood

Olympic Airways

Total Life Forever

Cassius

Miami

Balloons

After Glow

2 Trees

Spanish Sahara

Red Socks Pugie

Electric Bloom

Encore:

The French Open

Two Steps, Twice

Oh I wasn't complaining about your review, I only put it in quotes because it wasn't really a review but I didn't know what else to call it. "They tore it up", "execute the songs perfectly" and "they are really tight and sound amazing" are things I like to hear.

TLF is most definitely one of the best releases this year.

really gotten into this album recently. heard it once when it came out and thought it was ok. then heard a song on the bcc6 recently and went back and listened again and loving it

  On 5/20/2010 at 4:22 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

lol these guys were on the nme cover recently. so i wrote them off as another pointless indie band. maybe i'll have a listen then

hella indie but i don't care

the lemonheads lyrics on the title track is kinda weird

i love these guys

i just listened to antidotes and it is really different. like !!! or battles. that sounds get old fast

I think both albums are super excellent. Can't wait to hear what they come up with next.

Spanish Sahara @ Melt Festival 2010 is still one of my favourite live music "moments" ever. Such a great song.