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Total Life Forever is the second studio album from Oxford band Foals. It was produced by Luke Smith, formerly of post-punk/electropop band Clor,[1] and was recorded at Svenska Gramofon Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden.[2] It is set for release on 10 May 2010.[4]

Promotion

In January 2009, the band released three semi-instrumental segments of tracks through the band's MySpace profile, giving an insight into the band's recording process.[5] A short three date tour of the United Kingdom took place in April 2009.[6]

During July 2009, the band played an intimate show for Rockfeedback, as a warm up for future festival shows and a chance to debut songs from their second album.[7] On July 2, the band supported Blur during their reunion show in Hyde Park, London, playing an untitled new song which frontman Yannis Philippakis stated was unfinished.[8] Later the same month, the band appeared at the 2009 T in the Park festival, performing new songs "Total Life Forever" and "Dirty Waves". Both songs had been previously aired during the band's appearance at The Breeders-curated All Tomorrow's Parties festival in May 2009.[9] In September 2009, the band performed at London's Heaven as part of Transgressive Records' fifth anniversary, performing new songs "Spanish Sahara", "Death Surf" and one other untitled track.[10]. A making of the video of This Orient was posted on Foals' MySpace.

The album's title was revealed on 24 February 2010.[11] Zane Lowe premiered the promotional track "Spanish Sahara" on BBC Radio 1, naming the track his "Hottest Record in the World" for 1 March 2010.[12] From 8pm the same day, a remix of the track was made available from Foals' official website.[13] The accompanying video was added to Foals' YouTube page on 2 March 2010.[14] To support the album, the band announced a fourteen date tour of Europe throughout April-May 2010, including dates in Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and the United Kingdom.[15][16] These will be the band's first dates of the year.[17] The first official single was announced as "This Orient", scheduled for release on 3 May 2010.[18][19]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Blue Blood" 
2."Miami" 
3."Total Life Forever" 
4."Black Gold" 
5."Spanish Sahara"6:53
6."This Orient"4:06
7."Fugue"0:43
8."After Glow" 
9."Alabaster" 
10."2 Trees" 
11."What Remains" 

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Foals announce new album title and tracklisting". NME. 2010-02-23. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b Sclafani, Tony. "Foals: Total Life Forever". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Foals Return". The Fly. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Simpson, Oli (2010-02-23). "Foals 'announce second album details'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  5. ^ "Foals give away new album downloads". NME. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Foals to preview new album at UK live dates". NME. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ "Foals playing warm up show before Blur gig". PRS for Music. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  8. ^ "Blur reveal 'Parklife' inspiration at Hyde Park gig". NME. 2009-07-02. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "Foals joined by Friendly Fires star at T In The Park". NME. 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Foals play new songs at London Transgressive show". NME. 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ Gregory, Jason (2010-02-24). "Foals Reveal Second Album Title And Release Date". Gigwise.com. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  12. ^ "Zane Lowe, 01/03/2010". BBC Radio 1. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  13. ^ Murray, Robin (2010-03-01). "Foals Add Intimate UK Tour Dates". Clash. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "wearefoals's Channel". YouTube. 2010-03-02. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  15. ^ Murray, Robin (2010-02-24). "Foals Confirm Second Album Plans". Clash. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Gregory, Jason (2010-03-01). "Foals Announce May UK And Ireland Tour". Gigwise.com. Retrieved 2010-3-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  17. ^ Michaels, Sean (2010-02-24). "Foals confirm second album title and release date". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ "Foals announce new single and UK and Ireland tour – ticket details". NME. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-12. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Foals Unleash New Video". MTV. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  20. ^ Doherty, Niall (2010-03-09). "Foals 'Total Life Forever' // First Listen". The Fly. Retrieved 2010-3-12. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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