Foals @ First Avenue 4/30/19

I saw Foals for the 3rd or 4th time last night, headlining at First Ave's Mainroom.

Set List below of course.

This concert will be remembered by me for a few different things. Probably first and foremost from my commute down to First Ave. I'm driving West on I-94 and it's raining out. Not heavily, but consistently coming down like it did all of yesterday.

I get to around the area of Huron Blvd and suddenly a somewhat sizable Yellow SPIDER drops off the Ceiling right in front of me on the driver's side.

I was beyond startled, but I immediately slowed down and blew at it as I had no interest in touching it with my bare hands.

The Spider I may have killed or it may have wandered off. I saw it in the little hole on the inside of the Driver's side door near the door handle and power window control.

I hope it's gone, but the experience and idea of what was avoided thankfully never left my mind the whole night, feeling like I dodged a bullet in some ways.

The show though it self was another epic, energetic fiesta of a kind that only Foals does so well. Yannis back when I saw them last at First Ave (2013), at least once walked throughout the mainroom's floor and upstairs to the 2nd level where I sat.

Well he didn't quite do that, but multiple crowd surfing moments of ecstasy, and the climax was him climbing to the 2nd level bars in front of the left side of the stage and basically doing a TRUST FALL into the crowd.

Very much in the vein of Paul Meany from Mutemath or even Darroh from Fair to Midland, almost going for the daredevil antics to great success.

The set list was great as they did a lot of the Everything Saved Will Not Be Lost Part 1 music. Syrups probably being my favorite, although I kind of feel as incredible as the ending of that track is, I could see at least live having them extending the build more and more live to go on for at least a couple more minutes. Even if Yannis just sings "Na Na Na" or "La La La" without any lyrics.

Spanish Sahara is always a showstopper, Black Gold as well of course. The What Went Down tunes I had yet to see were as if not more heavy live. Yannis pulled off some immense screams on them.

And then anything from Antidotes I'm thrilled with. Two Steps Twice is their classic show closer (when Yannis did the Trust Fall). The energy, groove, intensity, etc never fails to grab me.

While I don't know if I think this show was better than the 1 in 2013, they very much seem to  taking the baton from Mutemath to be a consistent great live band who are almost a can't miss.

Now we can just anticipate Everything Saved Will Not Be Lost Part 2 coming in September and hopefully no more spiders creeping me out in my car while I'm driving to Foals concerts.

also the 2 openers, Omni and Preoccupations has some moments. Preooccupations used to be known as Viet Kong, sound familiar and I mean to check out now. Their sound, especially the style their singer has stood out in some ways. The last song or 2 they did I was getting into as it was kind of epic. The synths almost reminded me of Wolf Parade and even some of the Cale Parks Indietronica stuff I've been vibing on lately.

On the Luna
Mountain at My Gates
Snake Oil
Olympic Airways
My Number
Black Gold
Spanish Sahara
Syrups
Providence
Sunday
Red Socks Pugie
Exits
In Degrees
White Onions
Inhaler

Encore:
What Went Down
Two Steps, Twice

Foals - Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 1 and Part 2 (2018-2019)

2/26/19

New tune "Sunday" is really fucking dreameeeeee! Some of it reminds me of TLF, mainly the section 2/3-in.





Also they posted this last week about Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard filling-in live. Pretty cool I'll get to see him at the show here in April.

While our friends Everything Everything @E_E_ are on a break before making new music, they have kindly loaned us their bass player Jeremy Pritchard, who will be touring with us this year. pic.twitter.com/CKcExGiL09

— FOALS (@foals) February 19, 2019

1/22/19

Foals homepage



Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
1. Moonlight
2. Exits
3. White Onions
4. In Degrees
5. Syrups
6. On The Luna
7. Cafe D'Athens
8. Surf Pt.1
9. Sunday
10. I'm Done With The World (and It’s Done With Me)


1/21/19

"Exits" single/video..very nice. Cinematic, surreal..vocals are a bit different sounding though.

Tour Dates link (a copy+paste maybe later).

MAR 16 VIVE LATINO 2019
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

MAR 18 VANCOUVER, BC @ ORPHEUM THEATRE
VANCOUVER, CANADA

MAR 19 PORTLAND, OR @ ROSELAND THEATER
PORTLAND, UNITED STATES

MAR 20 SEATTLE, WA @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE
SEATTLE, UNITED STATES

MAR 22 OAKLAND, CA @ FOX THEATER
OAKLAND, UNITED STATES

MAR 23 SAN DIEGO, CA @ N. PARK OBSERVATORY
SAN DIEGO, UNITED STATES

MAR 24 LOS ANGELES, CA @ SHRINE
LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES

MAR 27 LAS VEGAS, NV @ BROOKLYN BOWL
LAS VEGAS, UNITED STATES

MAR 30 LOLLAPALOOZA 2019
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

MAR 31 LOLLAPALOOZA 2019
SANTIAGO, CHILE

APR 2 LOLLAPALOOZA SIDESHOW @ TEATRO LA CÚPULA
SANTIAGO, CHILE

APR 5 LOLLAPALOOZA 2019
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

APR 13 BROOKLYN, NY @ BROOKLYN STEEL
BROOKLYN, UNITED STATES

APR 16 WASHINGTON, DC @ 9:30 CLUB
WASHINGTON DC, UNITED STATES

APR 19 BOSTON, MA @ HOUSE OF BLUES
BOSTON, UNITED STATES

APR 20 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ THE FILLMORE
PHILADELPHIA, UNITED STATES

APR 22 TORONTO, ON @ REBEL
TORONTO, CANADA

APR 24 ST. LOUIS, MO @ THE PAGEANT
ST. LOUIS, UNITED STATES

APR 26 DETROIT, MI @ SAINT ANDREW'S HALL
DETROIT, UNITED STATES

APR 27 CHICAGO, IL @ RIVIERA THEATRE
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES

APR 28 MILWAUKEE, WI @ THE RAVE
MILWAUKEE, UNITED STATES

APR 30 MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ FIRST AVENUE
MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES

MAY 3 - MAY 5 SHAKY KNEES FESTIVAL 2019
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

MAY 12 BRUSSELS, BEL @ ANCIENNE BELGIQUE
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

MAY 13 PARIS, FRA @ BATACLAN
PARIS, FRANCE

MAY 15 LAUSANNE, SWI @ LES DOCKS
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND

MAY 16 MILAN, ITA @ FABRIQUE
MILAN, ITALY

MAY 17 LUXEMBOURG, LUX @ DEN ATELIER
LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG

MAY 19 AMSTERDAM, NLD @ PARADISO
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

MAY 20 BERLIN, GER @ HUXLEYS
BERLIN, GERMANY

MAY 24 THIS IS TOMORROW 2019
NEWCASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM

JUNE 5 HAMBURG, GER @ GROSSE FREIHEIT
HAMBURG, GERMANY

JUN 6 NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL
AAARHUS, DENMARK

JUN 7 - JUN 9 ROCK IM PARK 2019
NUREMBERG, GERMANY

JUN 7 - JUN 9 ROCK AM RING 2019
NÜRBURG, GERMANY

JUNE 11 MANCHESTER, UK @ O2 VICTORIA WAREHOUSE
MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM

JUNE 14 TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK @ BEDGEBURY PINETUM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UNITED KINGDOM

JUNE 15 BIRMINGHAM, UK @ DIGBETH ARENA
BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM

JUNE 18 GLASGOW, UK @ SWG3 GALVANIZERS YARD
GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM

JUNE 20 THETFORD, UK @ THETFORD, FOREST
THETFORD, UNITED KINGDOM

JUNE 21 LONDON, UK @ ALEXANDRA PALACE
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

JUN 24 - JUN 26 INMUSIC FESTIVAL
ZAGREB, CROATIA

JUNE 26 BOURNEMOUTH, UK @ INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
BOURNEMOUTH, UNITED KINGDOM

JULY 2 DUBLIN, IRE @ TRINITY COLLEGE
DUBLIN, IRELAND

JUL 5- JUL 7 DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
EWIJK, NETHERLANDS

JUL 5 FESTIVAL CRUÏLLA 2019
BARCELONA, SPAIN

JUL 26 - JUL 28 LOW FESTIVAL 2019
BENIDORM, SPAIN

AUG 1 - AUG 3 SZENE OPEN AIR
LUSTENAU, AUSTRIA

April 30th, 2019 at First Avenue. 

1/15/19
Instagram includes more Teasers
Part 1 released on March 8th
Part 2 Autumn 2019

1/9/19
Yeah. Looks dark and melancholy which wouldn't be new territory for Foals.

Also CINEMATIC? given this is a "Trailer" although it might just be for the lead video (single).

And 2 parts? ala Between the Buried and Me or maybe more like Ours?

Regardless, one to anticipate as I love Foals and What Went Down their last album from 2015 was among their best and one of my favorite records that year.

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost (ENSWBL).

Foals - What Went Down (2014-2015)

8/14/15 6:42AM

Little mini doc. Love the music, love the footage. Pretty much love it all.



8/6/15 2:10PM

another new track "A Knife in the Ocean."

Thumbs up.

Very dreamy and thick, wall-of-sound-ish and an epic album closer.



7/30/15 6:23AM

Holy fuck, this is a pretty crazy, interactive video experience. You can control the image of this video throughout. Very cool!



7/20/15 1:48PM

Great new track "Mountain At My Gates"!


6/16/15 8:15PM

Official video for the title track. Rather intense. I'm loving the dreamy bridge. Overall, I do wonder about the sound on this record. How if not extremely heavier, it may just come across more angry, pissed off, or at least just more overtly edge-y

Then again, some of the early singles from Holy Fire seemed like a departure, yet it still sounded like Foals and ended up good.


6/11/15 5:53AM-12:02PM

yep. I hope the title isn't suggesting anything bad. Another Summer release to look forward to and obviously it's coming out before the Halloween deadline.

Facebook link



1. What Went Down
2. Mountain At My Gates
3. Birch Tree
4. Give It All
5. Albatross
6. Snake Oil
7. Night Swimmers
8. London Thunder
9. Lonely Hunter
10. A Knife In The Ocean

In stores 28 August. Pre-order available 16 June.

http://foals.co.uk/





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New album is in the works, although I honestly was not expecting one until 2016.We'll see if this upcoming record this video is suggesting comes out before Halloween.

Regardless though, I'm certainly looking forward to it, even if Holy Fire was not as addictive as their other 2 albums, it still was pretty good.

Love Foals.