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Whistle Stopper - Antidotes
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List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $9.39
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Manufacturer: Sub Pop
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0098787077520
Label: Sub Pop
Manufacturer: Sub Pop
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sub Pop
Release Date: 2008-04-08
Studio: Sub Pop
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Summary: Very, Very Exciting!!!
Comment: WOW! This is the most exciting album I have had the pleasure to bump into in years! Where to begin? First, I am a drummer...it has been an even longer time since a "new" drummer on the scene has blown me away, not only with his skills, but the creative angles he comes up with rhymically...outstanding! On track 7, he just gets stanky!!! This band takes the 80's retro comeback to a whole new level...they don't come off as contrived, they sound like a tight-knit unit that's getting it's groove on. The songs are catchy, but in a challenging, have to listen to it a couple of times to catch the hook kind of way...I really love this album! I always try to include references to other artists/bands...this will be easy and hard for this band/album...I hear traces of Talking Heads "Remain in Light" ie groovy rhythm section, funky basslines, rhymic-yet static guitar w/ lots of reverb and delay at times reminding of The blessed Chameleons, PIL ie chanting vocals, Hood ie glitchy electronica ala Cold House, Steve Reich ie use of repetition, Adam and the Ants "Kings of the Wild Frontier" tribal rhythms/chanting vocals, Polyrock ie well, it just reminds me of them, and even Devo at times just cause. All of this combined into an original blend...check this album out..make no judgement until you've listened to the whole thing and it will blow you away if you are into original, New Wavish sounding music. Just GREAT!!! PS For us fans of this kind of music...remember the first couple of times you listened to Interpol's "Turn on the Bright Lights" and you were transported immediately back to "Strange Times" and "Heaven Up Here", but you felt that Interpol was not faking the sound, that it was REAL...you will have the same reaction to this album. Album of the year...hands down, no contest!
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Summary: on repeat for weeks
Comment: I can't believe how much I have become addicted to this album. I first listened to it while driving on the NJ Turnpike, a long, boring trip that I must take twice a week during the school year. About halfway through the album, I thought it was too repetitive or, at least, the songs seemed too similar. But then things clicked. My favorite tracks have to be "Two Steps, Twice" "Big Big Love (Fig. 2)" and "Tron."
This is a great driving album. Enjoy!
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Summary: Catchy and danceable!
Comment: I first stumbled across the music of UK band Foals last Christmas on TV in the UK when I heard and fell in love with "Balloons". A hybrid of dance and rock, it reminded me of an other favourite band of mine; Franz Ferdinand.
Their debut, "Antidotes" is more of the same; high octane dance/rock with jangly, melodic guitars. My favourites are "Olympic airways" and "Electric bloom", which are both insanely catchy dance rockers.
However, it's a very tight race as much everything else is really great, from the more subdued and jangly "Big big love (Fig. 2)" with lovely rolling guitar sounds, the opening horn sprinkled epic "The French open" (with a Ska feel which morphs into something slightly African), the awesome "Red sock pugie" (starting off with skittery beats and spacey effects), the hand clap-filled instrumental "Like swimming", and closing cut the synth based "Tron" (with fleeting horns and haunting harmonies) which is truly dazzling.
This album is incredibly catchy and clever. The album hit #3 in the UK, and I hope they hit it big like they truly deserve.
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Summary: Amazing!
Comment: This is the first band in a while I can openly recommend to friends and not expect disapproval. "Olympic Airways" resonated in my head for so long I had to buy their album. Thank God for KCRW helping their music get out there!
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Summary: Foals Folly
Comment: I heard The Foals one day while searching some upcoming new releases. I knew these guys were something different. I was really impressed with the pop and hooks rallied throughout the tracks. I think this is one of the most energetic records, by far, for 2008. There is something up The Foals sleeves for sure, but truthfully, there can't be anything more exciting than the way they placed the drop of their beats! Make it your purchase today....word?!
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Editorial Reviews:
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It's hardly the cure for anything but Antidotes, the debut album from Oxford's Foals, is a strong addition to the eternal tradition of dance-friendly art rock most recently exemplified by Franz Ferdinand and Klaxons. The five ex-public schoolboys that make up Oxford's Foals are hardly lacking self-confidence--comically cocky frontman Yannis Phillipakis could annoy for the nation and the band rejected producer David Sitek's original mix--but Antidotes is anything but pony. After spending their youth in rigorous "math rock" outfits, Foals started out in 2005 with the stated intention of having fun. Rather delightfully, this amounted to the discovery that audiences are well disposed to acts they can dance to. A clutch of well-received singles and a guest spot on popular sixth-form satire Skins sealed their popularity. Their origins in academic rock are sometimes obvious, but fine drummer Jack Bevan keeps things moving throughout. Opener "The French Open", with its gleeful chanted vocals (in French) and fashionable Afrobeat tinged guitar lines, evokes Talking Heads' dada nonsense classic "I Zimbra", itself older than any Foal. First top thirty hit "Cassius" saw jazz-punk back in the charts for the first time since that perennial football crowd favourite "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag". "Olympic Airways" is a charming if oblique tale of escape that couldn't be further from the bus stop/chip shop style while "Red Socks Pugie" already sounds like a single in waiting. The lyrics might charitably be described as impressionistic and Phillipakis's voice remains nondescript. But with better tunes than Bloc Party and a self-conscious precision that recalls Mogwai in their pomp, the effortlessly pretentious Foals are unmistakably the sound of 2008. --Steve Jelbert
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