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Foals Is A Rock Band Which Formed In Oxford England In 2005. The Band Consists Of Yannis Philippakis Vocals Guitar Jimmy Smith Guitar Walter Gervers Bass And Jack Bevan Drums . The Band Has Released Seven Albums "Antidotes" 2008 "Total Life Forever" 2010 "Holy Fire" 2013 "What Went Down" 2015 "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 1" 2019 "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 2" 2019 And "Life Is Yours" 2022 . In January 2018 It Was Announced That Walter Gervers Bass Was Leaving The Band. Edwin Congreave Keyboard Announced His Departure In September 2021. In May 2023 Gervers Was Reported As Having Re-Joined The Band. The Band Was Formed In 2005 By Philippakis And Bevan Both Former Members Of Math Rock Band The Edmund Fitzgerald And Andrew Mears Of Youthmovies. Mears Left The Band After Their First Single To Focus On Youthmovies. In January 2018 It Was Announced That Walter Gervers Was Also Leaving The Band. In Early 2007 The Band Released The Limited Edition 7" Singles Hummer And Mathletics Both Produced By Gareth Parton. In The Summer Of 2007 Foals Began Working On Their Debut Album In New York. It Was Produced By Dave Sitek Of TV On The Radio However The Band Decided To Mix The Album Themselves Stating That Sitek Made The First Master Copy Of The Album Sound Like "it Was Recorded In The Grand Canyon". Yannis Has Stated Multiple Times During Various Interviews That Foals And Dave Sitek Are On Good Terms Even Though The Copy By Sitek Was Rejected By The Band. Foals Released Their Debut Album Entitled Antidotes On 24 March 2008 In The UK And 8 April 2008 In The US. The Album Was A Commercial Success In The United Kingdom Debuting At No. 3 In The UK Albums Charts. The Album Was A Minor Success In Other Countries Charting In Japan France And The Netherlands. Non-UK Versions Of The Album Include The Early Parton Produced Singles. In August 2009 Foals Started Recording Their Second Album At Svenska Grammofon Studion In Gothenburg Sweden. The Album Total Life Forever Has Been Described By The Band Members As Sounding Like "tropical Prog" And "like The Dream Of An Eagle Dying". The Band Have Described The Album As Being "a Lot Less Funk" Than They Had Originally Planned. The Album Was Produced By Luke Smith Formerly Of Clor And Its Title Is Named After An Element Of Ray Kurzweil's Theory Of Singularity. The Band's Frontman Yannis Philippakis Has Professed A Long Time Interest In Futurology With It Informing Numerous Songs On Total Life Forever. On 1 March 2010 The Promotional Single "Spanish Sahara" Was First Played On Zane Lowe's Show Radio 1. Foals' New Website Was Updated That Night With The Release Of A Video For The Track Directed By Longtime Collaborator Dave Ma. On 6 March The Total Life Forever Site Was Officially Launched. Puzzles Revealed Images Lyrics And Sound Clips Of Songs From The Album. The Last Clip Appeared On 12 March And Resulted With A Password Entry For The Foals' New Website. The Site Was Opened On 13 March And Presented The Whole New Art Concept And Media Including Samples Of Songs Photos And Videos. Lead Single "This Orient" Was Released On 3 May 2010. The Album Was Finally Released On 10 May 2010. "Spanish Sahara" Was Later Released As A Full Physical Single In September 2010 Featuring An Edited Remix Starring The Strings Of London Contemporary Orchestra. The Album Was Nominated For The 2010 Mercury Prize. Http //foals.Co.Uk
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Foals Is A Rock Band Which Formed In Oxford England In 2005. The Band Consists Of Yannis Philippakis Vocals Guitar Jimmy Smith Guitar Walter Gervers Bass And Jack Bevan Drums . The Band Has Released Seven Albums "Antidotes" 2008 "Total Life Forever" 2010 "Holy Fire" 2013 "What Went Down" 2015 "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 1" 2019 "Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Pt. 2" 2019 And "Life Is Yours" 2022 . In January 2018 It Was Announced That Walter Gervers Bass Was Leaving The Band. Edwin Congreave Keyboard Announced His Departure In September 2021. In May 2023 Gervers Was Reported As Having Re-Joined The Band. The Band Was Formed In 2005 By Philippakis And Bevan Both Former Members Of Math Rock Band The Edmund Fitzgerald And Andrew Mears Of Youthmovies. Mears Left The Band After Their First Single To Focus On Youthmovies. In January 2018 It Was Announced That Walter Gervers Was Also Leaving The Band. In Early 2007 The Band Released The Limited Edition 7" Singles Hummer And Mathletics Both Produced By Gareth Parton. In The Summer Of 2007 Foals Began Working On Their Debut Album In New York. It Was Produced By Dave Sitek Of TV On The Radio However The Band Decided To Mix The Album Themselves Stating That Sitek Made The First Master Copy Of The Album Sound Like "it Was Recorded In The Grand Canyon". Yannis Has Stated Multiple Times During Various Interviews That Foals And Dave Sitek Are On Good Terms Even Though The Copy By Sitek Was Rejected By The Band. Foals Released Their Debut Album Entitled Antidotes On 24 March 2008 In The UK And 8 April 2008 In The US. The Album Was A Commercial Success In The United Kingdom Debuting At No. 3 In The UK Albums Charts. The Album Was A Minor Success In Other Countries Charting In Japan France And The Netherlands. Non-UK Versions Of The Album Include The Early Parton Produced Singles. In August 2009 Foals Started Recording Their Second Album At Svenska Grammofon Studion In Gothenburg Sweden. The Album Total Life Forever Has Been Described By The Band Members As Sounding Like "tropical Prog" And "like The Dream Of An Eagle Dying". The Band Have Described The Album As Being "a Lot Less Funk" Than They Had Originally Planned. The Album Was Produced By Luke Smith Formerly Of Clor And Its Title Is Named After An Element Of Ray Kurzweil's Theory Of Singularity. The Band's Frontman Yannis Philippakis Has Professed A Long Time Interest In Futurology With It Informing Numerous Songs On Total Life Forever. On 1 March 2010 The Promotional Single "Spanish Sahara" Was First Played On Zane Lowe's Show Radio 1. Foals' New Website Was Updated That Night With The Release Of A Video For The Track Directed By Longtime Collaborator Dave Ma. On 6 March The Total Life Forever Site Was Officially Launched. Puzzles Revealed Images Lyrics And Sound Clips Of Songs From The Album. The Last Clip Appeared On 12 March And Resulted With A Password Entry For The Foals' New Website. The Site Was Opened On 13 March And Presented The Whole New Art Concept And Media Including Samples Of Songs Photos And Videos. Lead Single "This Orient" Was Released On 3 May 2010. The Album Was Finally Released On 10 May 2010. "Spanish Sahara" Was Later Released As A Full Physical Single In September 2010 Featuring An Edited Remix Starring The Strings Of London Contemporary Orchestra. The Album Was Nominated For The 2010 Mercury Prize. Http //foals.Co.Uk
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Holy Fire Is The Third Studio Album By British Rock Band Foals Released On 11 February 2013 In The United Kingdom On Transgressive Records. The First Single "Inhaler" First Aired On 5 November 2012 On Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 Show With The Music Video Being Released Later That Same Day. The Second Single "My Number" Debuted On Later... With Jools Holland On 13 November 2012. The Track Had Its Radio Debut One Month Later Also On Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 Show. The Music Video Premiered On 23 January 2013. The Album Managed To Chart At Number Two On The UK Albums Chart In The UK And Charted Across The World Including The Number One Spot On The Australian Albums Chart In Australia And Number 86 On The Billboard 200 In The US. The Album Also Received Favourable Reviews And Was Nominated For The 2013 Mercury Prize For Best Album. The Band Started Demoing In Early 2011 In Sydney Australia With Jono Ma From The Lost Valentinos As The Producer. Ma Had Already Worked With The Band In The Past In The Form Of Remix Work. Keyboardist Edwin Congreave Would Later Admit That The Band Didn't Accomplish Much In Terms Of New Songs During The Recording Sessions In Sydney However He Stated "It Wasn't Like Wasted It Was Kind Of Disappointing. Jono Ma's Got His Fingers All Over The Place. He's Opened Our Eyes To A Lot Of Possibilities On The New Record Synthesizers And Drum Machines That We Haven't Used Before. It's Given Us A Foundation To Take Our New Record". Eventually The Band Stockpiled Various Sound Loops And Samples Old Synthesizers And Drum Machines For Using On The Recording Of The Album. After A Few More Demo And Recording Sessions Throughout 2011 And 2012 In Oxford The Band Went To Record The Album With Production Duo Flood And Alan Moulder And Engineer CJ Marks At Assault & Battery Studios In Willesden North West London. In August 2012 Lead Singer And Guitarist Yannis Philippakis Told NME That The New Album Would Be "unashamedly Funk" Adding That "there Are Some Heavier Moments And Some Dirtier Moments. It's Swampy Some Of The Grooves Are Quite Stinky". The Album Artwork Was Designed By Leif Podhajsky And The Original Photo Is By Thomas Nebbia. The Album Debuted At No. 2 In The United Kingdom Which Is The Highest Chart Position By The Foals Thus Far. In The United States The Album Debuted At No. 86 On Billboard 200 And No. 23 On Top Rock Albums Selling 6 000 Copies In Its First Week. The Album Has Sold 41 000 Copies In The United States As Of August 2015. The Lead Single "Inhaler" Peaked At No. 20 On Billboard's Alternative Songs Chart Making It The First Time Any Of The Band's Singles Appeared On American Charts. "My Number" Peaked At No. 34 On Belgium's Ultratip Charts And At No. 83 On Netherlands' Mega Single Top 100.