Foals, 'Total Life Forever' - First Listen

Imagine a landscape piece of A4 paper. At one end there is a picture of Tony Allen, Fela Kuti’s drummer and Afrobeat pioneer and at the other end of the sheet is Robert Smith of The Cure. Strands of Fat Bob’s back-combed barnet are stretched across the page and they’ve become entangled in Mr Allen’s prestigious afro. Screw your eyes up and it looks a bit like a musical stave. Peer very closely through a magnifying glass and you can see miniscule figures walking backwards and forward...

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