Still really diggin' this. Stands up well to repeated listens.
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 17 July 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
seconded. this is what converted me about a year ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZuTIYEe_p8&feature=PlayList&p=14E85E905E4CCC76&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=27
― piscesx, Saturday, 18 July 2009 04:01 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7sniIVmtM
Sounds a bit ordinary perhaps?
― Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Farting in Space (NickB), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
on-trend ornithological images though.
― djh, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
The new album is such a marked improvement on the last one.
― Doran, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
That must mean the new album is absolutely fantastic then, loved the debut a ton.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I mainly liked the first one and the singles especially but they've obviously thought this one out much better. The elements are all woven into the whole better, there's a load of acid house dynamics, they do this thing called (something like) the human Steve Reich emulator. The main touch points are Fela, late 80s imperial Cure and, bonus, they've got rid of the few bits that sound like Bloc Party.
― Doran, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Consider me excited in that case! Sounds pretty great to me.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:28 (fourteen years ago) link
There's a track called Miami which they're talking up as their "hip hop" track but if you ignore that (they clearly have a less firm grip on hip hop and R&B than even me) and appreciate it for what it is, some kind of derranged mix of yacht rock and Cities In Dust by Siouxsie and Sir Victor Uwaifo...
― Doran, Wednesday, 24 March 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Surprised how little love Total Life Forever is getting in critical circles so far. It's bowled me over in my first couple listens. It sounds like the record everybody hoped the last one would be.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've been enjoying the reviews thus far. Loved the last one, so I'm anxious to hear this. Not out physically in the U.S. til mid-June though.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 May 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
got back from their show in hometown Oxford about an hour ago. The kids were mad for it. The new stuff sounded great (esp. "Total Life Forever" which they opened with). It was a great vibe: they had members of Jonquil, the support act, come on to play percussion and trumpet during the encore.
― lucas, Wednesday, 12 May 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I gave the new one a chance but it sounded kind of dreary - they've got good ideas but they're trapped in the framework of this 00s indie orthodoxy. The singer sort of meanders over the top, hardly anything to really grab the attention. Dull.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 13 May 2010 12:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I hadn't noticed before how short the singer is - he's a good head down on the rest of the band
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:12 (thirteen years ago) link
but that's because half the band are very talk...
― jellybean (back again) (Jill), Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:15 (thirteen years ago) link
greek people are little
― kamerad, Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm not sure I like the tempo of the songs. It also sounds a bit tired and groggy, perhaps because they're so good and energetic live.
― Now, Saturday, 19 June 2010 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
can't think of a second album by a british rock band that's come out in the last 5 years or so that improves on the first album as much as this does.
― piscesx, Thursday, 16 December 2010 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i can go without most of this band's output but i fux with this "my number" song
hitting bloc party / british indie pleasure centres that haven't been hit at properly in a long time
― monotony, Friday, 1 March 2013 13:50 (eleven years ago) link
my number has been stuck in my head for days, great song. didn't enjoy the rest of the album much when i played it though
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Friday, 1 March 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2wjFeHTaWg
^ Hot Chip remix btw
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Friday, 1 March 2013 14:10 (eleven years ago) link
um:
Not sure what to make of that myself, loses most of the propulsion and highlights his horrible voice a bit too much
― acid in the style of tenpole tudor (NickB), Friday, 1 March 2013 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
This album is full of terrific instrumental hooks but good lord the voice. Like I know they're called Foals and everything but he actually sounds like a lowing calf.
― Matt DC, Friday, 1 March 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
so..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTwwpcWggXI
― piscesx, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:15 (eight years ago) link
I seem to be the only person who thinks the vocals are fine, makes me think of a less inventive Chino Moreno
anyway I enjoy the big dumb sounds made by this band, basically the only nu-britrock outfit I have time for
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Sunday, 26 July 2015 06:10 (eight years ago) link
especially because of the vocals "london thunder" sounds exactly like my morning jacket, which isn't a bad thing
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 28 August 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
"a knife in the ocean" = teeth of the sea
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
Releasing two albums this year, because why not
the first single "Exits" is...ok. Not as spry as I generally like their singles to be, but I'm glad they seem to have sensed they pushed the "rocking out" elements as far as it was wise to go on the last album
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 21 January 2019 20:34 (five years ago) link
haven't really listened to anything since the second album but love 'exits'
― devvvine, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 16:53 (five years ago) link
Their best for a long while
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w_4FJip7sY
― piscesx, Tuesday, 26 February 2019 23:45 (five years ago) link