When Foals announced their fourth studio album ‘What Went
Down’, there was an immediate sense of excitement and quite rightly so after
the success and greatness of their previous record ‘Holy Fire’; (which for me
was the best album of 2013 hands down.) the first track Foals revealed was the titular
one of the upcoming album ‘What Went Down’, a taste of the heavier side of
Foals similar in some ways to ‘Inhaler’ and everyone took to it right away.
Ahead of their upcoming fourth LP foals have unveiled a
second track alongside ‘What Went Down’, the indie five piece from oxford have
now released ‘Mountain At My Gates’ and to say the least its superb. Less heavy
than the first single, but equally as powerful. ‘Mountain at my gates’ is full
of catchy hooks and explosive vocals, this really is Foals at their best.
Starting with a typical Foals rift and subdued vocals, it
all springs to life very with a heavy drum beat and suddenly Yannis goes all
aggressive and it takes you back. It really does show Foals’ pedigree as they
just keep getting and better, especially how lyrically stong it is with a
despairingly lost chorus. Despite its power its more down tempo in a similar
way to ‘Spanish Sahara’ or ‘Stepson’ but undertones of funk remain like huge
hit ‘my number’. It’s everything you’d expect from a Foals song, but this
really isn’t a bad thing; especially with the frantic finish being the highlight
of the track with ‘Gimme my lungs’ being howled over a distorted guitar, before
it all winds down.
If the first two tracks show any indication of what ‘What
Went Down’ is going to entail, then it’s going to be one hell of an album.
By Joe Daniel
‘What went down’ is out on August 28th
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QHZ2YRPFVo listen
to mountain at my gates here
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