After Foals scrapped the mix of their debut, Antidotes, by TV onthe Radio´s Dave Sitek, it was clear that they were a band that wasinterested in creating their own sound. That sentiment may be whytheir follow-up, Total Life Forever, sounds more like a reaction totheir first record than a continuation of it. Many of the elementsthat drove Foals into the spotlight in the first place aredefinitely still in place. There´s plenty of cascading, Minus theBear-style guitar work and funky Talking Heads influence in theirmath-pop-meets-the-dancefloor rhythms. What´s missing is the edge.Total Life Forever is considerably more subdued than itspredecessor, lacking much of the uptempo thump found on Antidotes.In its place is a mellower, more spacious sound. While this newsound is still danceable, it´s far more refined than the angularpost-punk riffing that fans might be expecting. Right from thebeginning, the album-opening, "Blue Blood" makes it clear thatFoals are taking a different, more patient approach to songwriting,letting the song build and build on itself as it methodically worksitself into a frenzy before leaving the way it came in. Because ofthe changes here, fans of the early, pre-Antidotes singles may findTotal Life Forever to be too restrained, lacking the youthful vigorof their debut. Where some see restraint, others may very well seerefinement, and those who appreciated Antidotes' more spacypassages will find that Foals' reinvention of their sound is acalculated risk that definitely pays off.

Track list:
1. Blue Blood
2. Miami
3. Total Life Forever
4. Black Gold
5. Spanish Sahara
6. This Orient
7. Fugue
8. After Glow
9. Alabaster
10. 2 Trees
11. What Remains

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