Since “Antidotes” was such a highly acclaimed release the expectations for the new Foals album were equally high. And you easily can say that all these expectations are exceeded – at least if you do not expect to dance as much as you could to the last album. Here Foals present a more atmospheric and versatile sound and generally try to experiment with the structure and feeling of their songs. Especially the second part of the album, featuring tracks like “Alabaster” or “2 Trees”, is unexpectedly hypnotic and veers away from a classic song structure. But my own personal favourite is the first single “Spanish Sahara”, because of its restrained build-up and pumping beat.

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