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- Summary: The follow-up to the British rock band's 2008 debut Antidotes was produced by Luke Smith.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Spanish Sahara | |
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So I walked into the haze And a million dirty ways Now I see you lying there Like a lie low losing air, air Black rocks and shoreline sand Still... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 25 out of 30
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Mixed: 5 out of 30
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Negative: 0 out of 30
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Dec 21, 2010TLF is a bid to be less in your face than in your head, and while its effect is less immediate, it's a comedown that's way more fun than the party.
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It's the ambiguity of styles, the insistence on bringing the listener along for a journey, that makes Total Life Forever such an endlessly interesting statement.
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Total Life Forever is still thoroughly identifiable as a Foals album, their personality and songwriting quirks shine through even the thickest of creative haze--they're making pop out of art, which is a pretty good recipe for a young band.
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It takes half a dozen listens before the quality of it really sinks in, and is so all over the place that only the most devoted won't find it initially maddening. But throughout is a braveness and naive sense of wonder.
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With Total Life Forever, Foals have objectively identified the shortcomings (shouted vocals, claustrophobic song structures) of their first album, and erased them while keeping their trademark mathematical riffing intact.
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It's not got the immediate clout of Antidotes; and it's not one to spin when prepping for a party (it's actually kind of a downer, apart from 'Miami', which kills). But if you work with it, something really ghostly happens.
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Foals' major label debut, Total Life Forever, keeps those elements intact, most notably on the title track and in the calculated urgency and cold sweat of "After Glow," but the band has redesigned the template to include a more expansive pop approach evinced by sprawling centerpiece "Spanish Sahara."
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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