Review: Foals – 'What Went Down' - Live4ever
Few bands ever reach this plain, but for Foals ‘ What Went Down ‘ sees them in a place seldom occupied: they’re in the hyper-real state known as Flow. To do so they’ve had to surrender mercifully few principles, although the math-rock obfuscation of their debut ‘ Antidotes ‘ is on this evidence largely in the past. ‘What Went Down’ is the invigorating, ambitious platform that should make this possible. 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... Source: www.live4ever.uk.com
