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© Laut: (excerpt) In England, as is well known, there is no stinginess with hypes. But as far as Foals (“Foals”) are concerned, they are justified, if not obligatory! Even if keyboarder Edwin Congreave sees it rather critically: “Hype is like a fever. It makes you feel ill,” says the Brit in an interview.

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Here you appear like the rockers and yet it’s all much more
alternative and independent what they do

Their musical mix of pop, minimal techno and rock, alternatively called math-rock, dance-punk or art-rock, reveals various influences, but mainly that of the US-American minimal music composer and pioneer Steve Reich. Singer Philippakis also likes to listen to Radiohead and is a self-confessed Sweep The Leg Johnny fan.

I rediscovered this version in my collection and am thrilled.

Total Life Forever

Foals

Erschienen bei WM UK am 7. Mai 2010

Alternativ und Indie • 27 Tracks • 01h 25m 09s

27 Track-Version Qobuz

5 Spanish Sahara 06:49

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