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chatting to friends and I‘ve learned to stop doing that. I am more reserved now. even though none of tny opinions have changed.‘
While slum/ores is an astounding first offering. Foals make it difficult to love thetn. Hype has made them cagey. the protective barriers they‘ve thrown tip keeping both critics and fans at bay. and as The Libertines. (‘ribs and Dev Hynes (Test leicles/Lightspeed Champion) have shown. openness breeds absolute devotion. One thing we can rely on. though. is that this bunch will keep things interesting musically. Philippakis tells me he recently bid on eBay for a tnusical saw.
His downbeat mood lifts when I ask what is next for the quintet: ‘For the forthcoming tour we
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plan to play some songs we have never done live before. which is exciting. but basically. it's just really important to challenge ourselves. learn new instruments and really do something different ever time] he adds.
“The second record will probably still be predominantly guitar-based but we plan to
experiment with it a lot. We just bought a load of
old samplers . . .' Reluctant idols Foals may be. but musically they will be the band to beat this vear.
QMU, Glasgow, Mon 10 Mar. Antidotes is released Mon 24 Mar on Transgressive records.
VINYL VIRGINS
As Foals prepare to unveil their first album. we look at some more debutantes for 2008
Scarlett Johanseon What does your average Hollywood doll do on her days off? Record an album of Tom Waits covers of c0urse With Dave Sitek (see main piece) called Anywhere I Lay My Head. 80 wrong it could actually be right. (22 May)
Wild Beasts Domino records hit on another lump of British musical genius. this time the squealing eccentricny of these Lake Distnct- dwelling loons. Tore ‘Franz Ferdinand' Johansson is on production duties. (Apr)
Dan le Soc vs Scooblus Pip The magical verbal diarrhoea of this sardonic beat poet duo is a love or hate proposition thanks to ‘Thou Shall Always Kill'. We love. (Jun)
- , Glasvegu Glasgow's most wanted men (and woman) in black have confirmed they'll unleash an album of their Spector-esque hard luck stories this spring. (26 May)
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Last Shadow Puppets Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Mike Kane of The Rascals team up for more indie shrewdness for The Age of the Understatement. (21 Apr)
Popup it feels like it’s been a long time coming. but that 's only I . because they've ' been bloody marvellous for so l0ng already. Their debut may be many things but one thing it won't do is disappoint. (5 May)
Crystal Castles Hooded eight-bit trash-pop duo from Canada? Certainly sir! We have one right here. Ta-da! Self-titled debut album? Yes, here you go! (18 Mar)
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