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Antidotes, the acclaimed debut album by UK quintet Foals, won them attention, and the opportunity to evolve in a space of their own. Two years on from that impressive introduction, Total Life Forever is the sound of a band settling into and surveying the decay of old protocols. Written primarily in the basement of their Oxford HQ and recorded in Gothenburg, Total Life Forever is an album as persuasive emotionally as Antidotes was physically.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Robyn Ousby
Format:Audio CD
This band is brilliant. You can tell by their music that they are quite conscientious of what they are doing every step of the way in the song making process. With that said this isn't Antidotes part II, this is better than that. This is less dance and more music. (Sorry I am not down with the names of different music types. ie post-punk, modern-what ever).
If you loved Antidotes because it is great music you should like this one as well. If you loved the dance music you may be disappointed, but I do recommend it to all of those who truly embrace great music done well. If you like Antidotes because of the 80s feel, you may like some songs on Total Life Forever, like Miami.
I honestly can not stop listening to this album, just as the case with Antidotes. The music is done perfectly and the lyrics are more open on this album. Some say on Antidotes they were hiding the meanings of their songs behind poetry. I say all poetry is up to interpretation so who cares about that. I do love this band and think we are only witnessing the beginning of what these guys will do. Finally for me a band worth being in the league of Radiohead. Of course time will only tell if they will give us music worthy of being in that league, but I dare say they are on their way.
If you loved Antidotes because it is great music you should like this one as well. If you loved the dance music you may be disappointed, but I do recommend it to all of those who truly embrace great music done well. If you like Antidotes because of the 80s feel, you may like some songs on Total Life Forever, like Miami.
I honestly can not stop listening to this album, just as the case with Antidotes. The music is done perfectly and the lyrics are more open on this album. Some say on Antidotes they were hiding the meanings of their songs behind poetry. I say all poetry is up to interpretation so who cares about that. I do love this band and think we are only witnessing the beginning of what these guys will do. Finally for me a band worth being in the league of Radiohead. Of course time will only tell if they will give us music worthy of being in that league, but I dare say they are on their way.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Brooke Oates
Format:Audio CD
Wow. How to describe this album. Much more thought out than the first. More mellow at times. Recognizable as Foals, but with a distinct air of cohesiveness and maturation that was not there before. I'm struggling for comparisons...One thing I like is that the album seems to have been created as a whole album..all the tracks fit and create a sense of meaning to the work as a whole. It's in the realm of a Talk Talk Spirit of Eden in terms of how all of the tracks fit together. One possible signpost might be the new Jack Penate album...mines similar territory a bit. great, great album that will stay with me for a while. Spiritual, deep lyrics too.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Blue blood" opens Foals new CD and you'd be forgiven for thinking you were listening to Vampire Weekend. The song is groovy Bass- heavy Rock with trilling soukous guitar. Produced this time around by Luke Smith (formerly from Alt Rock band Clor, their debut was produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek), where "Antidotes" was a more electronic Dance/Rock affair, "Total life forever" is groovier with a loose feel.
"Miami' finds lead singer Yannis Philippakis sounding all Robert Smith-like on a catchy midtempo groove. The Dancey title track with chanted vocals sounds like Foals of yore. The stomping "Black gold" features choppy riffs and haunting harmonies with a euphoric climax. "The future is not what it used to be" sings Philippakis in a new found croon.
It's tough to pick a standout really, the almost 7 minute-long epic ballad "Spanish sahara" (with a slow building intro, increasing in tension before exploding into life towards the end), the frantic "This Orient" (with dizzying guitars), the piano interlude "Fugue", "After glow" (starts off as a ballad, leading to stomping Disco-tinged climax), the falsetto sung "Alabaster" (which starts off elegiac, building to a ballad with crunching/fuzzy beats), "2 trees" (with a floaty feel), and closing atmospheric ballad "What remains", everything thrills.
As good as their debut was, this is even more ambitious and wide screen. A wonderful head trip!
"Miami' finds lead singer Yannis Philippakis sounding all Robert Smith-like on a catchy midtempo groove. The Dancey title track with chanted vocals sounds like Foals of yore. The stomping "Black gold" features choppy riffs and haunting harmonies with a euphoric climax. "The future is not what it used to be" sings Philippakis in a new found croon.
It's tough to pick a standout really, the almost 7 minute-long epic ballad "Spanish sahara" (with a slow building intro, increasing in tension before exploding into life towards the end), the frantic "This Orient" (with dizzying guitars), the piano interlude "Fugue", "After glow" (starts off as a ballad, leading to stomping Disco-tinged climax), the falsetto sung "Alabaster" (which starts off elegiac, building to a ballad with crunching/fuzzy beats), "2 trees" (with a floaty feel), and closing atmospheric ballad "What remains", everything thrills.
As good as their debut was, this is even more ambitious and wide screen. A wonderful head trip!
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The greatest band out right now. This is a masterpiece. Great guitar album. Go see them live when they come to your town you will not be disappointed.
By joseline
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excelente album llego en tiempo no hubo necesidad de reportarlo, con un buen embalaje, todo llego muy bien una exceletne compra que definitivamente recomiendo
By Edmundo
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This album is one of the intresting bands of this generations,Their genere is new wave, with some math rock, more likely. All songs are quite deep base on the "Total Life Forever" concept ,kind of athing.Some of the songs descripts as a melanchoical , unsustified, and betrayel.However, all the songs had depest sounds as a sci-fi-experimentation. and the melody's are well develop. Even for the best critic-musician can agree in musical richness. Coolest song are Miami,Spanish Sahara, Total Life Forever.
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Atmospheric and moody but they don't sound like everybody else. The guitar interplay is interesting: sometimes funky and sometimes brooding. The best examples of this are on the tracks "Blue Blood," "Black Gold," and "Spanish Sahara." Well worth listening to.
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Love this album! I plan to buy all albums released buy the Foals in the future. They are one of my favorites.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
So much potential...
I want to love this album but just about every other song channels that awful, 80's fringe-rock vocal whining that makes me cringe. The band sounds good... Read more
Published 5 months ago by V. Gonzalez
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable indie album from start to finish.
We all know there are a million indie bands out there. Some do the genre's hype justice and some just sound like every other band thats ever been popular. Read more
Published 6 months ago by daftchild89
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you like Foals, you can't go wrong.
Great follow-up album to Antidotes. Everything about antidotes musically was so robotical with the tightness of the recording, but on Total Life Forever you get all of the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kdub
5.0 out of 5 stars
They almost did it
For their second album, Foals wanted perfection. I believe they pretty much did it. I love how it isn't their first album and they grew so much as muscians and for Yannis, a poet. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Robyn Ousby
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolute and perfect
Great Album,I am glad it came with free digital copy! sounds even better on Vinyl! will definately buy more vinyl from Foals
Published 12 months ago by Everywhere
5.0 out of 5 stars
Surpasses "Whatever Came Before"
This album really is tops. The musicianship is impressive, the production is as good as it gets, and the emotion stuns you every time you hear it. Read more
Published on May 9, 2011 by Mr. Bond
4.0 out of 5 stars
Melodic, Mellow and Moody
With post-punk asthetics. syncopated rhythms and a wide range of guitar sounds, The Foals fill a gap of sound missing so much in this new decade of the new millenium. Read more
Published on January 10, 2011 by Alec
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Best of 2010
This album speaks for itself. My favorite album of 2010 and if you get a chance to see them live, do it. Read more
Published on November 6, 2010 by Chakaconcarne
