Get by a poolside. Lights some candles. Create a bit of atmosphere. That’s all Foals have needed for a live take of their ‘What Went Down‘ album track ‘Give It All‘, which is released just as the band gears up for the start of a UK tour.
In our glowing review of ‘What Went Down’, which peaked at #3 on the UK charts last August, we said:
“Less of a gamble so much as a calculated risk, it bears all the hallmarks of a band at ease with itself and radiates an inner confidence – one which Foals collectively might be the first to admit they haven’t always felt in the past.”
“Some of this unintentional hubris may stem from their highly self-critical frontman Yannis Phillipakis, some of it from producer James Ford, but within seconds of the titular opener’s monster riffs and act-of-god tempo kicking in, Kansas has indeed gone bye bye, the obtuse intricacies of the group’s previous work dissolved.”