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Foals

What Went Down

Today we announce the return of Britain's most important guitar band, Foals. The Oxfordshire five-piece deliver news of their much-anticipated fourth album, titled 'What Went Down', set for release August 28th on Warner Music.

For album four, Foals teamed up with producer James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Florence & The Machine, Jessie Ware, Mumford & Sons) and retreated to the South of France to record in a rural 19th-century mill. The result is a primal, intense, sometimes harrowing album of extremes ' the record touches upon the depths of madness whilst also exhibiting some of the most beautiful pop songs the band have ever written. Lyrically, Philippakis deals with themes around cultural identity, generational anxiety, cynicism, pessimism and heartbreak; 'I wanted to tap into my inner madman and feel like I was channeling some sort of fevered creature'. Famously provocative, Philippakis is in turns destructive, obsessive, ambitious, and quick-witted with a razor-sharp tongue.

Tracklist

• 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