Is this a total release from math rock fury of Antidotes or a V sign to the hype that surrounded them relentlessly when they were first playing house parties in their native Oxford just so long as they had a half decent meal and a sofa bed? Whatever it is, Foals second album entitled 'Total Life Forever' on initial listen to their first 2 singles 'This Orient' and 'Spanish Sahara' seemed to be taking drastic measures in coming across rather spectacularly different to the Antidotes era.
When Spanish Sahara first hit the radio airwaves, I felt like i'd been watching the end of some epic emotional romantic film that only ended in tradegy but 'This Orient' does dispell my theory of love lost with a stripped down version of velocity displayed on Antidotes. A change from the initial hype, behind initial cynicism (lets face we all do it when change comes), I can sense that this could be a landmark year for the 5 piece, much like the formula for great creatives in the alternative scene, a delayed reaction to second album pressures seems to formulate a master piece (just look at Primary Colours in 2009, and we all said it was all about the 28 inch waist and the 6 ft hair).
The secluded hub of Sweden with Clor mainman Luke Smith has seemed to have had a dramatic impact in the direction Foals have headed for their sophomore release, early reviews seem to suggest the ode to being Oxford's Battles tribute band have been well and truely left behind and have found themselves comfortable in moving on, lets hope May 10th brings about a superb second release.....
Tracklisting -
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 Two Trees
11 What Remains
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