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Foals
Total Media Plays: 73,877
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Formed in Oxford, England, by longtime friends
Yannis Philippakis
(guitar) and
Jack Bevan
(drums), along with
Andrew Mears
on vocals, guitarist
Jimmy Smith
, and bassist
Walter Gervers
,
Foals
-- whose name is a play on the etymology of
Philippakis
' name -- began as a way to protest against the proggier sounds that were both popular in Oxford and in
Philippakis
and
Bevan
's former band,
the Edmund Fitzgerald
. After releasing the single
"Try This on Your Piano"
in 2006,
Mears
left
Foals
in order to more fully concentrate on his other group,
Youthmovies
(formerly
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies
), and
Philippakis
-- who had lived until he was seven in a tiny Grecian village -- added the role of lead vocals to his guitar-playing duties.
Edwin Congreave
, a fellow Oxford student the frontman had met when they were both working at the same bar and who introduced the group to techno, soon joined in on keyboards, despite the fact he had never played the instrument before -- nor ever been in a band -- and the full lineup of
Foals
was completed. The quintet worked on perfecting its poppy, jittery, upbeat, math rock/post-punk sound by playing house parties around the area, and soon the group was signed to Transgression Records, who released the singles
"Hummer"
and
"Mathletics"
in April and August of 2007, respectively.
Foals
picked up quite a buzz in the U.K., and in June 2007 they went to New York to record their debut album under the guidance of producer and
TV on the Radio
guitarist
Dave Sitek
. The sessions went well, but the bandmembers ended up not being happy with the final mix, choosing instead to remix it themselves, and issuing the full-length,
Antidotes
-- which, incidentally, included neither
"Hummer"
nor
"Mathletics"
-- in March of 2008, while Sub Pop picked up the album in the U.S. and gave it an April release, adding the two neglected singles as bonus tracks. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide
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