LABEL: Warner Brothers

CAT NO: 0190295500924

BARCODE: 190295500924

Tracklisting:

A1 Moonlight
A2 Exits
A3 White Onions
A4 In Degrees
A5 Syrups

B1 On The Luna
B2 Cafe DAthens
B3 Surf Pt.1
B4 Sunday
B5 Im Done With The World (& Its Done With Me)

FOALS Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 1

LP Vinyl

While the majority of their contemporaries have fallen by the wayside, Foals continue to hit new peaks. After more than a decade in the game, Foals again embrace that love for the unconventional with the bravest and most ambitious project of their career: not one, but two astonishing new albums: Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost. A pair of releases, separate but related, they share a title, themes and artwork. Part 2 follows later in the year. Theyre two halves of the same locket, frontman Yannis Philippakis explains. They can be listened to and appreciated individually, but fundamentally, they are companion pieces.

Fundamentally tethered but possessing their own personalities, the two bodies capture the most compelling, ambitious and cohesive creations theyve ever produced. Eager to break the traditional pop song structure which they felt they were becoming increasingly tapered to, the 20 tracks defy expectation. There are exploratory, progressive-tinged tracks alongside atmospheric segues which make the music an experience rather than a mere collection of songs. Yet the bands renowned ability to wield relentless grooves with striking power and skyscraper hooks also reaches new heights. The albums lead single Exits is a case in point, featuring Philippakis conjuring the image of a disorienting world via a contagious vocal melody. Its a fresh anthem for Foals formidable arsenal, but also an ominous forecast. Theres a definite idea about the world being no longer habitable in the way that it was, says Yannis. A kind of perilousness lack of predictability and a feeling of being overwhelmed by the magnitudes of the problems we face. Whats the response? And whats the purpose of any response that one individual can have?