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Foals came out of Oxford in the mid-2000s with a tight, twitchy sound built on clipped guitar patterns and a rhythm section that made indie rock feel like dance music. Over their early albums they stretched out — the atmospheric build of "Spanish Sahara," the heavier swing of "Inhaler" — until they'd grown from a scrappy math-rock outfit into one of Britain's biggest festival bands, while still writing songs like "My Number" that work anywhere.
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Holy Fire (2013). It captures both sides of the band: "My Number" is their catchiest single, all snap and bounce, while "Inhaler" shows how heavy they could get. "Late Night" slows things down and is one of their finest moments.
Biography
Foals are a British rock band formed in Oxford in 2005. The band's current line-up consists of Greek-born lead vocalist and guitarist Yannis Philippakis, drummer and percussionist Jack Bevan, guitarist and keyboardist Jimmy Smith, and bassist Walter Gervers.
Foals are currently signed to Warner Records, and have released seven studio albums to date: Antidotes (2008), Total Life Forever (2010), Holy Fire (2013), What Went Down (2015), Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 and Part 2 (2019), with the latter becoming the group's first album to top the UK Albums Chart, and their most recent, Life Is Yours (2022). They have also released one video album, six extended plays and 35 singles.
Foals have toured internationally for over a decade and have featured at many festivals including Glastonbury, Coachella, and Roskilde. They have won a number of awards, including best live act at the 2013 Q Awards, while producers Alan Moulder and Flood were awarded 'UK Producer of the Year' for their work on the album Holy Fire.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2023Life Is Yours (London Contemporary Orchestra session)EP
- 2022Life Is YoursAlbum
- 2019Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 2Album
- 2019Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 1Album
- 2015What Went DownAlbum
- 2013Holy FireAlbum
- 2013Total Life ForeverAlbum
- 2008Gold Gold GoldEP
- 2008AntidotesAlbum
- 2008Dearth / A Song for You / The ChronicEP
- 2007Foals EPEP
- 2007HummerEP
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