Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 - [Vinyl]

From playing chaotic house parties in their home city of Oxford to becoming major festival headliners across Europe, Foals� trajectory has been remarkable. They�ve earned critical acclaim (NME and Q Award wins, plus Mercury Prize, Ivor Novello and BRIT Award nominations) and fan devotion (1.7 million sales of their four Gold-certified albums) in equal measure. And while the majority of 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 1� will be released on March 8th, with �Part 2� following later in the year.�They�re 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 they�ve 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 band�s renowned ability to wield relentless grooves with striking power and skyscraper hooks also reaches new heights.The album�s lead single �Exits� is a case in point, featuring Philippakis conjuring the image of a disorienting world via a contagious vocal melody. It�s a fresh anthem for Foals� formidable arsenal, but also an ominous forecast.�There's 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. What's the response? And what�s the purpose of any response that one individual can have?��Exits� signposts what to expect thematically from both instalments of �Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost�. The title is a warning that anything - from the tiniest fleeting moment of inspiration through to the planet�s own biological diversity - can be under threat of being irrevocably erased.It�s a theme that permeates throughout the album�s material, as Foal mirror the public neuroses that have been provoked by our current cultural climate. Paranoia of state surveillance? Fear of environmental collapse? Anxiety over Trump�s next potentially cataclysmic move? It�s all there in these apocalyptic songs.�Lyrically, there are resonances with what's going on in the world at the moment,� summarises Yannis. �I just feel like, what�s the utility of being a musician these days, if you can�t engage with at least some of this stuff? These songs are white flags, or they�re SOSs, or they�re cries for help� each in a different way.�The new albums� journeys began as the �What Went Down� era ended. Founding bassist Walter Gervers departed on amicable terms after playing the Festival Paredes de Coura in Portugal in August 2017. Foals felt that he couldn�t be replaced - a decision that ushered in a period of recalibration, reorganisation and, ultimately, rejuvenation.After taking a little time out, Foals - completed by Jimmy Smith (guitar), Jack Bevan (drums) and Edwin Congreave (keys) reconvened - with Yannis on production duties, who, together with Edwin, also covered the bass parts. They began by writing in a rehearsal space before exporting those sketches into the recording phase at 123 Studios, Peckham, with the assistance of engineer Brett Shaw. They�d repeat the cycle between the two spaces, effectively creating an ongoing feedback loop as they sought to push every new idea to the finish

Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost Part 1 - [Vinyl]

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