6/14/2022

Foals Share New Track "Crest Of The Wave"



SHARE THE NEW TRACK ‘CREST OF THE WAVE’
LISTEN & WATCH THE VISUAL HERE
 
CONFIRM 25-DATE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINING TOUR IN CITIES INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, NASHVILLE, VANCOUVER, & MORE
 
LIFE IS YOURS OUT THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH



“A dopamine-soaked reimagining of the debauched freedom that we’ve been lacking for too long, ‘Life Is Yours’ makes for one hell of a tonic.” – NME
 
“The seventh and best [album] of their career is a euphoric party record.” – The Guardian
 
“One of UK’s most crucial rock bands”- Rolling Stone

“One of Britain’s best rock exports are back.” – Consequence
 
Photo by Noah Rashidi
Today, Foals share the new song ‘Crest of the Wave’ ahead of this Friday’s release of their 7th studio album, Life Is Yours. The band – Yannis PhilippakisJack Bevan and Jimmy Smith – have released a succession of euphoric singles so far, including “Wake Me Up” to “2001.” The band yesterday announced their North American tour (full information and dates below), and are also confirmed headliners on Glastonbury’s Second Stage and at Latitude, which adds to their recent high profile live moments that have included ‘Later… with Jools Holland’ (watch here), and a UK headline tour that saw them play to a combined audience of 40,000 people in London alone.
 
‘Crest of the Wave’ presents a more tranquil ambience than we’ve heard from Foals’ other recent singles. Yannis’s lyrics, however, present similarly evocative and escapist imagery. Fittingly, the band’s soundscape is dreamy tropical pop, all luminous guitar patterns and sparkling synth textures, while vocal harmonies coo and swoon around Yannis’s lead.   Yannis says, A portion of ‘Crest of the Wave’ existed in 2011, we had demoed it in Australia and just left it for years. But it was one of those songs which had always been at the back of our minds, like there was some unfinished business there. As we were playing around with it with some of the themes on this record, we cracked it open and really revelled in adding lots of layers to it in the studio. I was looking at the power of the lyrics to transport myself and the listener somewhere else. It’s set in St Lucia which is an island that has always visually struck me as being very powerful.”
 
‘Crest Of The Wave’ is a fresh example of Foals’ process for ‘Life Is Yours’, which sees them works with varying amalgamations of creative collaborations. Production comes from John Hill (Cage The ElephantFlorence + The Machine) and Dan Carey (Tame ImpalaFontaines D.C.), with mixing courtesy of the multiple Grammy Award winner Mark ‘Spike’ Stent (ColdplayMuseKings of Leon) and Chris Laws (Biffy ClyroLondon Grammar).
 
This Friday, June 17th, Foals will release Life Is Yours, their 7th studio album via ADA/ Warner UK LtdLife Is Yours is the follow-up to the triumphant, two-part Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, which NPR Music hailed as “big and adventurous... vibrant and versatile.” It proved to be a pivotal pinnacle in the band’s story, leading to their first UK #1 album, the group winning Best Band at the BRIT Awards, and a Mercury Prize nomination. Life Is Yours is available for pre-order on all formats here. Standard formats include digital/streaming, CD, vinyl and cassette, while a selection of exclusive vinyl formats are also available. Foals’ official store has a double-vinyl format, Amazon offers a transparent Curaçao-coloured vinyl, while key indie stores will stock a white vinyl version.
 
Foals Life Is Yours US Tour Dates
Oct 28 – Las Vegas, NV at Brooklyn Bowl
Oct 29 – San Diego, CA at SOMA 
Oct 30 – Phoenix, AZ at The Van Buren
Nov 1 – Austin, TX at Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
Nov 3 – Houston, TX at White Oak Music Hall
Nov 4 – Fort Worth, TX at Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall
Nov 7 – Denver, CO at Mission Ballroom 
Nov 8 – Salt Lake City, UT at The Complex
Nov 11 – Vancouver, BC at Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Nov 12 – Seattle, WA at Showbox SoDo
Nov 13 – Portland, OR at Roseland Theater
Nov 15 – Oakland, CA at Fox Theater
Nov 16 – Los Angeles, CA at Hollywood Palladium
Nov 19 – Mexico City, MX at Corona Capital (Festival Date)
Dec 1 – Minneapolis, MN at The Fillmore Minneapolis
Dec 2 – Chicago, IL at The Vic Theatre
Dec 6 – Atlanta, GA at The Eastern
Dec 7 – Nashville, TN at Marathon Music Works 
Dec 9 – Columbus, OH at KEMBA Live! 
Dec 10 – Toronto, ON at Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Dec 11 – Cleveland, OH at Agora Theater & Ballroom
Dec 13 – Washington DC at The Anthem
Dec 14 – Philadelphia, PA at Franklin Music Hall
Dec 16 – New York, NY at Terminal 5
Dec 17 – Boston, MA at Roadrunner
Dec 18 – Portland, ME at State Theatre
 


‘Life is Yours’ 
track list:
1. ‘Life Is Yours’
2. ‘Wake Me Up’
3. ‘2am’
4. ‘2001’
5. ‘(summer sky)’
6. ‘Flutter’
7. ‘Looking High’
8. ‘Under The Radar’
9. ‘Crest of the Wave’
10. ‘The Sound’
11. ‘Wild Green’
 



 
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