#foals in degrees lyrics

[iero]

heyyy! I'm back lmao just wanted to tell you i sat down yesterday and listened to the entirety of Foals' discography and so far these songs stuck out to me the most:

Cassius

Syrups

What Went Down

A Knife In The Ocean

All really good!!! I think Syrups is still my all time favourite by them (something about that First Song™ you hear by a new band you enjoy that just. idk. makes it special or something if that makes sense) but Cassius is a second favourite tbh it's SO catchy

what are your favourite songs by them? :3c

Hi there! You listened to their whole discography?! That's wonderful that you gave them a try! I'm so happy to hear that. I'll share my thoughts on those songs:

Cassius: Definitely one of the better songs on Antidotes in my opinion! It is quite catchy, you're right! I almost always overlook the repetitiveness of it for how catchy and infectious it is dance/at least bop your head to!

Syrups: A banger. No doubt about it. Man, that bassline always draws you in. One of my faves on the whole album. Love how it's split into two parts with the first sounding more... polished? And, the second half they just banged out as a jam... Great stuff.

What Went Down: BANGER! It's one of their most well-known songs for a reason. This one hypes me up sooo much! I highly recommend watching some live videos of this one too because they go so hard performing it and Yannis goes out into the audience (literally, INTO the audience) from the bridge until the end of the song to hype up the crowd. Here's a great example!

A Knife in the Ocean: Fantastic closer for What Went Down. Listen, this one is still in my top 5 for the album, but it's honestly one of their best. It's so bleek, lyrically, yet wonderfully written. This one is some of Yannis's best songwriting.

There's always something about that first song you listen to and how it stays dear to your heart. I'm happy it was Syrups for you though. What a solid tune to have as your first song experience for them! As for some of my personal faves, that's hard! Let's see:

In Degrees

Albatross

Wash Off

2001

Wear & Tear

After Glow

Like I said, I'm happy you gave them a listen! It's absolutely crazy to me how quickly they've become one of my all-time faves. They're, like, my #1 comfort band. Happy to talk more about them with you anytime! :)

[nuwanders]

5 Songs

tagged by @wispstalk and @thelonghanddaydream to share 5 songs that remind me of my WIP or characters. thank you both!!

1. Drawn To The Blood, Sufjan Stevens

this is such a Jórunn song to me 🤧 i made the connection based on my first impression of the lyrics (and on one very obvious lyric in particular), which was before i discovered sufjan’s intended meaning. but i still think it fits her, even if only in its bittersweet sound. it resigns itself to its sadness in a way i just love...

2. Golden Brown, The Stranglers

a little on the nose for Raydrin, but i love this song too much not to include it. it works on both its literal interpretation (a man who is deeply in love) and its intended meaning (of a man in the throes of heroin addiction). i think it also fits him in sound and vibe... maybe raydrin in a modern tamriel would listen to music like this

3. I’m That Guy, Agar Agar

my Mathyas song, dramatic bitch that he is (or more accurately, dramatic bitch that i am about him). it’s worth listening to all the way through if you have time, it builds quite spectacularly :^)

no shade to cassathra but i simply do not listen to the kind of music that would remind me of her. she is no less beloved to me, but for the next two songs i’ve chosen ones which remind me of my current WIP (not my longfic but a little side project i’m working on to keep me from going insane while i get this damn degree!)

4. Hollow Talk, Choir Of Young Believers

5. A Knife In The Ocean, Foals

narrowing it down to just these five was hard so!! feel free to send in asks if you want any more character songs :)

not sure who to tag who hasn’t been tagged already... no pressure to do this either way! @bigcheezey @mondhound @connortheconceded @fivekoboldsinacoat @tossiemering @reaperkiller @aartyom @swordcoasts @crynwr-drwg @falmerbrook @sundered-ghost @fitzonomy and ofc anyone who fancies the excuse to talk about their projects :^)

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Music Monday: The Latest Releases and Revisited Classics

In the ever-evolving world of music, there's always something new to discover and appreciate. From the release of a captivating single to the revisiting of timeless dance anthems, this music roundup offers a glimpse into the diverse and vibrant landscape of contemporary music. Joshua Thew releases sublime new single 'Reveal'! I have heard a fair bit of Joshua's music so was interested in Reveal, and I wasn't disappointed. It's a soft ballad and they can be emotionally charged depending on the artist. Joshua just takes his time with this which makes it more enjoyable. Listen - Reveal  https://open.spotify.com/track/2N7xCvkztRIEnuLUvemOIC?si=a0566d42d9f24114 Watch - Reveal  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Bl3Yjgazs https://open.spotify.com/artist/3oWGQhQ0FqlwJWwguF7asT?si=_QC8zGUHQD2Uw7CRBondBQ Bandcamp Get tickets for Joshua Thew live at The Lower Third on 23rd September here: Get tickets now here Rui da Silva ft Cassandra, Axel V & Armando Fernández Revisited Remix - Touch Me Originally released in 2000 this dance classic is still as great to listen to now as it was back then. Cassandra raspy voice not only fits in effortlessly, it adds that little extra to the song and you can hear the desire in her vocals. I can't get bored of this  Watch https://youtu.be/_lOEJ1uU0VM?si=Dra7bw78H_xzz3Pk Foals - In Degrees  Foals have yet to make a record that isn't Top 10 worthy. The deep vocals that Yannis can do cuts right through with zero effort on In Deep. Walter and Jimmy on backing vocals gives more depth to the music. Degrees is addictive listening for me  Watch  https://youtu.be/SND8xV_YFsw?si=bqnu22Cpbp8bUuBr Charli XCX - Boom Clap (The Fault in Our Stars OST) Released in 2014 and served as part of the main theme song for Teen Flick, The Fault in Our Stars, Boom Clap is about the feelings we experience when in romance. Charli's voice is deep and soft and glides itself over the music. Though I've not seen the film the song's a guilty pleasure  Watch https://youtu.be/AOPMlIIg_38?si=u9Vhak7--ryb2jQQ Mura Masa ft Slowthai - Deal Wiv it From the 90's to the 00's grime outfit, The Streets, made memorable songs about urban life. Fast forward to 2018 Mura Masa and Slowthai have done something similar, but they've gone a little grittier. One thing I admire about it is the honest no nonsense lyrics, saying it as it is. Watch https://youtu.be/F0uvt97Xn20?si=gdRMchnYtQSV2uR1 Deadletter's 'Hysterical Strength': Post-Punk Mastery in Contradictions In their debut album 'Hysterical Strength', the Yorkshire-bred post-punk band Deadletter revel in life's contradictions, striking a delicate balance between the foreboding and the fun. The album's title alone sets the tone, as the group embraces the crossroads where beauty meets brutality, showcasing a ferocious strength while also reveling in the hysteria. Drawing inspiration from genre forefathers like Magazine and Gang of Four, as well as contemporary acts such as Black Midi and Squid, Deadletter have crafted a sound that is both familiar and refreshingly unique. Brooding, crunching guitars may be the foundation, but the band understands the value of letting the light in, creating a dynamic and multifaceted listening experience. https://youtu.be/yE86eXOdi-Q?si=R_aFdTSNtswdGDV4 Nilüfer Yanya's 'My Method Actor': Carefully Considered, Creative Songwriting On her third album 'My Method Actor', London singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya continues to demonstrate her exceptional talent for crafting absorbing, genre-bending compositions. Opting to work exclusively with longtime collaborator Wilma Archer, Yanya has created a record that is the culmination of her carefully considered, creative songwriting process. Building upon the foundations laid by her acclaimed debut 'Miss Universe' and its follow-up 'Painless', 'My Method Actor' sees Yanya further exploring her eclectic musical palette, seamlessly blending elements of grunge, post-punk, and lush vocal melodies. By keeping the team small and focused, Yanya has managed to avoid any dilution of her artistic vision, resulting in her most compelling and absorbing listen yet. https://youtu.be/mWdIFrDUWOs?si=CvIJUi8YLzp9bTx5 For more music updates visit WhatsOn Joshua Thew releases sublime new single 'Reveal'! Rui da Silva ft Cassandra, Axel V & Armando Fernández Revisited Remix - Touch Me Foals - In Degrees  Charli XCX - Boom Clap (The Fault in Our Stars OST) Mura Masa ft Slowthai - Deal Wiv it Deadletter's 'Hysterical Strength': Post-Punk Mastery in Contradictions Nilüfer Yanya's 'My Method Actor': Carefully Considered, Creative Songwriting Read the full article

[emsy-cosplay]

“i saw the black rain pouring. a lost love on display. Bit by bit & day by day. I know we've lost our way ♦ I lose you in degrees don't leave me on my knees.♦” Foals - In Degrees  ♪

[whatwordscannotsaykdougs95]

I lose you in degrees

Only me on my knees

....

Don’t go wasting my time

I could not persevere

[alvertesongdiary]

Foals - In Degrees

Yannis Philippakis music taste is as great as his shirts

We're caught up in silence I lose you in degrees I see you through the glass doors

I've looked up and down now But lose you in degrees Come back around my way again See me if you please But we're tongue-tied in silence Our words lost on the breeze Caught up in your orbit still Release me if you please

I lose you in degrees Don't leave me on my knees I lose you in degrees Only me on my knees I lose you in degrees Don't leave me on my knees I lose you in degrees Only me on my knees

I saw the black rain pouring A lost love on display Bit by bit and day by day I know we've lost our way And I hear final footsteps Lost you by degrees I pressed up to the glass wall I couldn't watch you leave

I lose you in degrees Don't leave me on my knees I lose you in degrees Only me on my knees I lose you in degrees Don't leave me on my knees I lose you in degrees Only me on my knees

Around again I've waste my days Around again I waste my time Oh, I know I've wasted time (around again) When I've tried to please, yeah (waste my days) How did I end up here (around again) Where I've come to be, yeah? (waste my time) Oh, I see I've wasted time (around again) When I've tried to please, yeah (waste my time) Miss me when I waste my time (around again) Where I've come to be, yeah

Am I wasting my time? I could not persevere ... No more wasting my time How can I persevere? ...

24/05/2019

[thatsgonnaleaveamark]

“Release me if you please//I lose you in degrees//Don't leave me on my knees” - In Degrees - Foals “Oh don't leave me on my own//Left me standing all alone//Cut me down to size so I can fit inside” - Blue Moon - Beck “Only you can stop the pain//Don't leave me out in the cold//Don't leave me out to die“ - Dead Inside - Muse “It won't be long //til my heart stops beating//So don't leave me don't let me bleed out here alone” - Bleed Out - Blue October

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febuwhump 2022 - day 23                  ↳ "don’t leave”

an abstract, angsty moodboard and a compilation of song lyrics (all pictures from unsplash)

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Foals’ Yannis Philippakis: ‘The internet should’ve killed us’

The wildmen of rock are back with a new album, Life Is Yours. Their frontman talks resilience and the strangest house party ever

Dan Cairns | Sunday June 12 2022, 12.01am BST, The Sunday Times

You sense quickly that Yannis Philippakis is a stranger to moderation. Never mind the hair-raising legends of havoc at the house parties the 36-year-old lead singer of Foals and his band played in their early days. The giveaway is how Philippakis is staring at my pack of rolling tobacco.

The man who mainlines adrenaline and thinks nothing of diving into the crowd or scaling lighting rigs during live shows is regretting his decision to stop smoking. “It was ridiculous, I was hitting 60 a day,” he frets. “I went to Greece after we finished recording the album with a 30-a-day habit and it just skyrocketed — I was chain smoking. But I can’t just do, say, five a day.”

Heroically resisting the urge to lapse, Philippakis muses on Foals’s longevity. Over the course of six platinum-selling albums and festival headline slots that have the atmosphere of revivalist meetings, he and the alt-rock/pop band he co-founded in Oxford 17 years ago have blazed their own particular trail.

Foals have built — and maintained — a fanatical following that was seeded when the internet was only flickering. They are, the singer suggests, “an anomaly”, a sort of highbrow Coldplay. On their new album, Life Is Yours, you’ll find references to a “Duchenne smile” and ambergris (a perfume ingredient from the digestive system of sperm whales), which are not the sorts of things you tend to encounter in Chris Martin’s lyrics.

Artists two decades into their careers aren’t supposed to be making music as vibrant, fresh and inventive as Foals’ — the more common story is one of steady decline. “We haven’t sold our skin,” the singer says. “That’s kind of rare now. We don’t talk about it, but there is sometimes this feeling of surprise, like, ‘Wow, we’ve got this massive tour coming up.’ It’s been an unusual trajectory. The internet should have killed us off but it hasn’t. Who knows, though, the digital reaper may be just round the corner.”

The band have lost two of their five founding members in the past four years, both apparently amicable partings. The bassist Walter Gervers, who, like the guitarist Jimmy Smith, attended Abingdon, the same private school as Radiohead, left in 2018. Three years later the keyboardist Edwin Congreave quit to do a postgraduate degree in economics. (Which is somehow very Foals; Philippakis abandoned an English degree at St John’s, Oxford, and bought an old Royal Mail van to cart the band around in.)

So Life Is Yours is the work of a three-piece — and sounds, appropriately, leaner and more taut than the two-part, overblown Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost of 2019.

“To me, what was important about the band was the feeling of family, of solidarity,” Philippakis says. “When people leave, it obviously wounds that image in some ways. I’m still figuring out Walter’s departure . . . he was our glue, our Jimmy Whispers.”

Yannis Philippakis of Foals on stage during Rock am Ring in Nuerburg, Germany | GINA WETZLER/REDFERNS

Life Is Yours combines the crisp beats, bright staccato guitar and dance grooves that are Foals trademarks with lyrics that are at once elegiac and escapist. The song Looking High is key, a track Philippakis describes as “clubby and nostalgic . . . But then, within the lyrics, there’s that twist: all the clubs have closed down — you have nightlife, club culture, one of the greatest things about life in Britain, being ravaged by government, Covid, property developers. We’re not there, our friends aren’t there, the place itself is now a ghost.”

You can draw a straight line between the young tyros who used to pack out sweat-soaked Oxford venues such as the Wheatsheaf and the band who will headline Latitude festival next month. The energy Philippakis bristles with helps to explain why Foals are one of the great live acts in this country. They bring the spirit of those riotous early house parties to their national tours, no matter how vast the arenas.

But there is one legendary and decidedly less raucous event from their very early days that they don’t emulate, when a house-party booking went pear-shaped. “There was just one guy with his two mates,” Philippakis says, “and for some reason his mum’s pasta salad was on the table, though she wasn’t in the room. I’ll always remember that plate. I mean, we played a few songs, but when we left we were like, ‘F***ing hell, that’s got to be the strangest house party ever.’”

Yet Foals do occasionally try to play the modern music game, even if you sense that, rather sweetly, their hearts aren’t in it. The band recently launched a hot honey sauce to a recipe devised by the drummer Jack Bevan and named after one of their albums, Holy Fire. Foals as entrepreneurs? No, probably not.

Life Is Yours is out on Friday; Foals play Latitude on Jul 23

Watch the video with Yannis and Jimmy talking about 2am and read the article on thetimes.co.uk.

[musicaparavolar]

top 10 albums of 2019, honorable mentions and favorite new artists

2019 was an interesting year in terms of my music taste, in that a lot of the music I ended up liking in 2019 I wouldn’t have really thought I would have listened to even 2 years ago....anyway let’s not waste more time let’s Do it

here are my top 10 albums of 2019

10. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising 9. Methyl Ethyl - Triage 8. Tropical Fuck Storm - Braindrops 7. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Bandana 6. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Fishing for Fishies

the top 5 get special treatment though

5. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? when i listened to bellyache in 2017 i eagerly awaited to see what Billie Eilish would do for an album and she didn’t fucking disappoint. so well produced and so many catchy jams that absolutely fuckin slapped. from the poppy “all the good girls go to hell”, to the infectious “bad guy”, and the somber “ilomilo”. definitely the best pop album of the year. excited for her future. favorite songs: ilomilo, bad guy, bury a friend, i love you

4. Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 1 to be honest, i did not have the slightest idea where Foals would go after What Went Down in 2015, so i went into this album with no expectations and they somehow blew them out of the water. it doesn’t go as hard as songs like “What Went Down” or “Inhaler” but a lot of the songs on this album just kinda wanna make you sing and drive through the city without a care in the world. favorite songs: In Degrees, On The Luna, White Onions, Syrups

3. BROCKHAMPTON - GINGER i’m gonna be honest i didn’t really care for BROCKHAMPTON before this album. like i understood the appeal and why everyone hyped them up but i didn’t really get it during the whole SATURATION era. but man is GINGER good. like the production on every song is just so good and man the lyrics are so depressing. the lads are sad and they’re Letting us Know with this fantastic album. favorite songs: BOY BYE, NO HALO, SUGAR, BIG BOY

2. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats’ Nest ok i may be biased because my main blog is named after this band but Hear Me Out. king gizz fans have been wanting this band to make a thrash metal album for as long as i can remember and Boy Did They Fucking Deliver. kind of jarring that this comes out after their boogie/blues album Fishing for Fishies but it’s fantastic, and expands on the message from Fishing, this planet is dying, and eat the rich. favorite songs: Mars For The Rich, Planet B, Superbug, Venusian 1, Perihelion

1. Tyler, The Creator - IGOR

mm man. this album. i was at work when my brother texted me that Tyler put out a new album and i HAD to listen to it in one listening. that first chord from “IGOR’S THEME” send shivers and from then on i knew i was listening to something special. with incredibly relatable lyrics about relationships and them ending horribly to it’s impeccable production in nearly every single song back to back, Tyler deserves every bit of awards and praise he’s getting and more. i never understood when people would talk about music making them want to text their ex or some bullshit like that, but when ARE WE STILL FRIENDS? came on and i was this fucking close to actually doing it, i finally understood that feeling. fuck this album. 10/10. favorite songs: IGOR’S THEME, I THINK, NEW MAGIC WAND, A BOY IS A GUN*, GONE, GONE / THANK YOU, ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?

so There ya have it, the main event. here are the honorable mentions:

Angie McMahon - Salt beabadoobee - Loveworm Big Thief - Two Hands The Black Keys - “Let’s rock” black midi - Schlagenheim Clairo - Immunity DIIV - Deceiver Divino Niño - Foam Emotional Oranges - The Juice: Vol. I & II Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Part 2 Gesaffelstein - Hyperion Lolo Zouaï - High Highs to Low Lows Montaigne - Complex Olympia - Flamingo Tool - Fear Inoculum Tycho - Weather WAXX - Big Grief

here are my favorite EPs of 2019, in no particular order:

Junaco - Awry girl in red - chapter 2 Izzy Bizu - GLITA - EP Arlo Parks - Sophie BENEE - FIRE ON MARZZ Mint Field - Mientras Esperas No Vacation - Phasing Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - In The Capital beabadoobee - Space Cadet Gesaffelstein - Novo Sonic System

and last but not least, my favorite new artists:

Annie Hamilton Arlo Parks beabadoobee BENEE black midi Clairo Emotional Oranges The Fuss girl in red HONEYMOAN Kate Bollinger Lauren Ruth Ward Lolo Zouaï maye Mint Field Muunjuun Samia Sure Sure Tim Legend Tropical Fuck Storm YONAKA

so that’s it for 2019! was a great year for music and i really enjoyed discovering lots of new artists.  stay tuned for my top 100 songs of 2019 playlist!

[newmusickarl]

1. Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Parts 1 & 2 by Foals

If they were released in isolation as singular works, with the standard of music in 2019 so high there is a chance that Foals’ fifth and sixth studio albums wouldn’t make this list. However as two parts of the same whole, there was nothing that impressed me more in 2019 than the Oxford group’s Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost project. That’s why for this year, Parts 1 & 2 are my first-ever joint winners.

It is ambitious enough to release two albums over the course of 2019, one in the Spring and one in the Autumn, it is another thing to entirely write, create and self-produce the records yourself. On top of that, you need to execute a vision of two albums being connected lyrically and thematically, but also sonically completely different from each other. No band in 2019 would think to attempt this let alone pull it off, but that is exactly what Foals managed to achieve with Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost.

Having worked with renowned producers like James Ford, Flood and Alan Moulder in the past, Foals frontman Yannis Phillipakis decided to take the production reins on himself for their latest recording sessions. Also writing all the lyrics from a pub near the recording studio himself, the result is Foals never sounding more liberated and creatively visceral than they do throughout the two records.

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost for me perfectly captures the angst of British life in 2019, navigating through both the social and political landscape by means of a metaphorical narrative that runs over the two albums’ 20 tracks. What’s more, in the past where Foals have had to sacrifice an element of cohesiveness in order to accommodate their eclectic and diverse sound, splitting these tracks across two albums has allowed them to present the two sides of their sonic psyche in a way that allows them to really shine.

Part 1 is the electronic side of Foals, opening on the moody and ambient Moonlight before breaking into the experimental grooves of lead single, Exits. From there the record, which earned Foals their third Mercury Prize nomination earlier this year, delivers a bit of everything. From the pure dance funk of In Degrees, to the math-rock of White Onions and the xylophone-laced otherworldliness of Café D’Athens, there is something for everyone here. However, it is probably Sunday that offers Part 1’s highlight, a chilled-out, ambient number that unexpectedly breaks out into a rave in the track’s second half, bringing shades of Underworld’s iconic Born Slippy. The record is then left on a note of complete despondency with piano ballad, I’m Done With The World (& It’s Done With Me).

It is from here that Part 2 picks up, with the ominous organs of Red Desert projecting a barren landscape of despair. Out of this The Runner rises which, along with Part 1’s On The Luna, is one of Foals’ biggest and best singles to date. It is a hook-packed, defiant rock number that sets the tone for the rest of the first half of Part 2 to follow. From the seemingly infinite reverbing riffs of Wash Off, to the ferociously brash, in-your-face pummel of Black Bull and the bluesy stomp of Like Lightning, this is Foals in their most pure Rock & Roll form.

However, it is the 2nd half of Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2 that arguably provides the best that the two albums have to offer. Yannis has always interwoven imagery of Greek Mythology into his allegorical lyricism, but here he takes it a step further by using the story of Icarus to complete the Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost journey. Spread across four parts, it begins with the piano interlude Ikaria, named after the island to which Icarus fled after flying too close to the sun. This then launches into the psychedelic crashes of 10,000 feet, before segueing into the magnificent wave of chimes found on the hauntingly beautiful, Into The Surf. The story then ends with Foals’ most ambitious track to date Neptune, a ten-minute rock epic that gives Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost the dramatic, triumphant finale it richly deserves.

All in all, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost is a phenomenal achievement, with the Oxford group swinging for the fences and hitting two incredible home runs. It is a grand work that has provided the soundtrack to my 2019, and firmly cements the Oxford group’s position as the best rock band on the planet right now. It is for these reasons that Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Parts 1 & 2, are my albums of the year.

Part 1 Best tracks: On The Luna, Sunday, In Degrees

Part 2 Best tracks: Into The Surf, The Runner, Neptune

[iero]

15 and 16 for the spotify wrapped asks!

Love when I reblog an ask game and totally forget completely about it... /s

Sorry Fresa!

15. Most danceable track.

I gotta hand this to one to In Degrees by Foals. My number one this year... I think this one got number one because like... I truly love songs that are so danceable and just sound so fun and then you listen to the lyrics and you're like, "Oh. This isn't nice..." I love songs like that so much and this one was no exception.

16. A song everyone should know.

I was trying to think of any underrated artists that made my year end list... Maybe Veronica Mars by blondshell? It's so good. It gives me a good 90's alternative feel, this whole album actually!

Thank you so much! 😃

[edsonlnoe]

Track-By-Track Guide to ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost - Part 1’

“Moonlight” This was a fragment that was left as such for quite a long time. Then the more we thought about it, the more we felt like it was the perfect introduction to the album. It set the tone, but it’s also not necessarily what people might expect after What Went Down — it’s a palate cleanser. I wanted to feel like it’s the entry point into the world. Like it’s one of those cheesy ‘60s TV graphics where the whole screen goes wobbly. “Exits” One of the centerpieces of the album. It started off just as a bass and drum jam before we got locket into the groove of it. We were enjoying playing something that was slow and what we would refer to as a chugger. We’re big fans of Talk Talk, and we felt like it had this kind of energy of “Life’s What You Make It.” And then lyrically I just had this very big clear visual picture of what the song should deal with. I was attracted to this surreal image of a subterranean world that was full of labyrinths and staircases. Almost like the underworld, or something from the Greek myths. “White Onions” This song is all energy. It was basically done in the first day and is one of my favorites. We wanted to keep it simple and keep it vital. I’d written this on a loop pedal and I felt it had this early Foals energy to it. I was excited by its kind of needlepoint guitar line. It’s got images of mazes and entrapment and frustration, and just on a symbolic level that’s how I feel our generation feels in some way. It’s a ripper. “In Degrees” The danciest thing we’ve ever done. We’d always flirted with dance music on the early records; we always took inspiration from techno stuff, and we wanted to push this further onto the dance floor than we’ve gone before. I thought it was a cool paradox to have dance floor song that will hopefully bring people together in a meaningful way in a sweaty room, and the song lyrically is basically about the lack of that. “Syrups” It came from the bassline and we were just so excited by it. We felt like we hadn’t written anything with that much swagger. I was walking home quite late at night sometimes from the studio and there weren’t many people around and there were foxes everywhere. I’d walk under these Victorian railway arches and think about how the cities and our urban environments are changing and how they’re under threat. In some ways, I feel like the best times are behind us, and that’s what I wanted to put in this song. The feeling that our generation is on its own, having to bear the responisbilities of what previous generations made. “On the Luna” It’s got a riff that had been hanging around for a while. it was part of another song and then we jammed it one day in the studio and it just came together really well. We wanted it to be simple and gratifying. But it has a peculiar time signature, so it’s slightly nerdy but still instantly accessible. There’s a line in there about Trump and how it’s strange to be in a time where you’re mortified by certain things that happen in politics but at the same time being transfixed by it. “Cafe D’Athens” This came from a quite crude result of me experimenting on the computer, but then we took the song to Paris and had some musicians play live marimba and xylophone and vibraphone. I’d been writing with Tony Allen, the Afrobeat drummer, and those guys work with him. We basically took some of the songs there to move them out of London for a few days and have them exposed to a harsher environment where they would be attacked. This is a song that for us feel like new ground. I don’t feel like we’ve written a song like it before. “Surf, Pt. 1″ I love records where there’s a reprise. It has a link to album two, as you probably guess from the ‘Pt. 1.′ We liked the idea of having this moment that’s a forebearer of what’s going to happen on album two. When we were sequencing I remember feeling like there was something missing on album one in terms of its arc. We put this in there, and it’s hard to express, but it just did something good for the album as a whole. It was the one missing ingredient. “Sunday” This song is the heart of the record in certain ways — partly because so much work went into it. It was around in the What Went Down period of writing, and we did attempt it for that but it didn’t come together for a variety of reasons, and now I feel like there was somebody doing us a favor because it feels like the perfect song for now. A lot the album’s lyrical themes are expressed here, too. The lyrics are ambivalent but melancholic and kind of dark. But obviously the song itself has this sugar rush. The second half of the song feels like it’s going to become a defining moment in the live set. We wanted it to be physical and to hark back to British ‘90s dance music by bands like Underworld and Leftfield. I’m a sucker for that era of dance music, and there’s something very British about it. I wanted it to have these overtones of the ghosts of thousands of people raving in the ‘90s. “I’m Done with the World (& it’s Done with Me)” Jimmy was in Germany and sent me a bunch of stuff he’d been working on. And this one just resonated with me. I was hung over, I’d woken up on a wet autumn day, the leaves were turning in the trees, and there was a fox on top of my shed that I realized was wounded. I called the RSPCA and they said they couldn’t really do anything about it. So I fed it some peperami and went to the studio. I listened to this song on the walk down on my headphones and sang it immediately after I arrived to the studio. We never worked on it again as it just felt so complete. There was room for me to write a poem onto it and not think about metering and structures and just imbue it with some images. It feels like a cliffhanger.

[cole-saberhagen]

Spotify Roulette!!

@sheyshen tagged me in this a while back, thanks!

We’re snooping on your playlist. Rules: Put your entire library on shuffle. Tell us the first 10 songs, then choose 10 victims.

This is probably cheating but my playlist has the same band in it since it’s all I’ve been listening to lately while I’m gaming.

All songs are from the Indie Rock band FOALS

1. On The Luna (I love the lyric meanings behind this one) 2. My Number (reminds me of something scarily specific) 3. What Went Down (this song goes HARD - good for boss fights) 4. Mountain At My Gates (you can interact with this music video!) 5. Sunday - (Dreamy sound, pretty chilled) 6. Exits (this song autoplayed on YT and that’s how I found them) 7. Inhaler 02 (chorus makes me want to jump around) 8. In Degrees (Another one that makes me want to jump around) 9. Birch Tree (Love the guitar riffs, lyrics are pretty nostalgic) 10.  Lonely Hunter - (Makes me feel things I can’t explain in English. In German they call it “Sehnsucht”, it’s a bit like, longing to go back home to a place you’ve never actually been to.) 

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I’ll let my victims choose themselves - tagging anyone who is willing to do this~

[iheartmoosiq]

I briefly considered relegating today’s new Foals video to playlist and Twitter only status, but honestly, In Degrees is one of my absolute favorites off of the Oxford art rockers’ latest full length, ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost -- Part 1′, so I couldn’t let a chance to praise the track slide by me. In Degrees is one rambunctious and frenetic dance rock strutter off the excellent album with clattering percussion and propulsive bass. Its feisty energy and incendiary flair are like mathy Foals gone Friendly Fires. I could envision Friendly Fires’ Ed Macfarlane shaking his booty to this tune. Its new music video was directed by Aaron Brown (Arctic Monkeys, King Krule). In Degrees is described as both a song about faltering interpersonal relationships and an increasingly warming planet. As lead singer Yannis Philippakis revealed: “Essentially it’s about when you’re aware of a relationship slowly slipping away, incrementally bit by bit, there’s no a big dramatic moment, but it’s through the slow drifting apart. And also, the actual phrase “in degrees” also got me thinking that it could work on a due level about the environment in a way as well.” Climate change seems to be the topic of the hour in a lot of artists and bands’ music lately, and for good reason too.  Music video director Aaron Brown adds: “What excited me about the track ‘In Degrees’ was the dance feel that Foals were doing in contrast to the lyrics. They’ve always had some of that danceability in their music but this track is a no holds barred, make no mistake about it, post-punk, four on the floor, dance track. In contrast to the music though, is a solemn verse and brooding chorus.” ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost -- Part 2′ is expected to arrive this fall, and we can’t be more grateful for this duo albums journey with Foals this year. Visit Foals’ website, here, for tour news. Grab part 1 of their two part albums project, here, if you haven’t done so yet. 

[ravenqueen89]

∞

Thank you anon!

First up on shuffle, it’s the turn of Foals’ In Degrees, which has some very relevant lyrics to me at the moment (more in terms of my relationship with life rather than any romantic attachments), with my fave being:

I know I’ve wasted timeWhen I’ve tried to pleaseHow did I end up here,Where I’ve come to be?

[borderlinesmusicmag]

Album Review: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 - Foals

Following Foals 2015 What Went Down album, Foals has punctured this year’s fans with the first batch of singles including: Exits, On The Luna, Sunday along with George FitzGerald’s remix of Exits.

Exits being introduced to the fans in a series of lyrics posted globally throughout various –pun intended- subway exits.  Once, the lyrics were deciphered by the fans, the single was soon released, and listeners were brought back to the similar heaviness of What Went Down.

Prior to Foals releasing Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1, the band decided to appear on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show in the Temperate House at Kew Gardens. The dark lit gardens being a perfect setting for the band, replicating the newly released album’s front cover. Here the band released a live version of In Degrees. After listening to the track, one would assume that the band collaborated with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem.

The band also had the helping hands of James Ford throughout the entire album. James is well known for aiding artists such as Depeche Mode, Klaxons, Arctic Monkeys, and Florence and the Machine

When it comes to the highlights of the album White Onions, In Degrees and Syrups would be placed at the top of the heat. First, White Onions having the pick-me-up Antidotes vibes, which leaves one surprised. Second, the deep cut groove In Degrees. Lastly, the classic Foals build up throughout Syrups.

One track that would be easily compared to the “calmness” of A Knife In The Ocean for What Went Down, is Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1’s I’m Done With The World (& It’s Done With Me). Throughout the song Yannis vocalizes the theme of despair in the world that one finds in themselves. I’m Done With The World (& It’s Done With Me) then brings the album to a gentle close with a beautiful intro of soft keys.

Now that Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1’s wave has finally hit our ears, this autumn brings another round of Foals with Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 2. Which back in January while on Annie Mac, Yannis promised that part 2 is to be more of a consistent and deeper groove compared to part 1. 

With Foals currently playing smaller sized sets in London, they are to begin touring along side with Everything Everything’s bassist Jeremy Pritchard. Following the parting of their beloved 12 year bassist Walter Gervers.

Take a moment to take in Foals Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 on Spotify below:

https://open.spotify.com/album/5oT2zoIrVGJcbVZoNGGZwc