Disaster-haired indie / ‘afro-beat’ sorts Foals release their new single ‘Olympic Airways’ (remixes by Supermayer, Discjokke and Ewan Pearson) on October 6, have a gander at the video below.
<a href"http://streamos.warnermusic.com/wmedia/wmiuk/foals/foals_olympicairways_4x3_hi.wvx" target="out">Watch a stream of the new Foals ‘Olympic Airwaves’ video here.
See it on YouTube:
The band are hoofing it round the UK on a tour this Autumn with Danananakroyd, Holy Fuck, Wild Beasts, and Maps and Atlases.
September 27 – Aylesbury Civic Centre (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases)
September 28 – Cardiff University (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases)
September 29 – Norwich UEA (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases)
September 30 – Nottingham Rock City (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases)
October 2 – Hull University (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases)
October 3 – Liverpool Academy (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases
October 4 – Aberdeen Music Hall (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases)
October 5 – Glasgow Barrowlands (w. Holy Fuck, Danananakroyd)
October 7 – Newcastle Carling Academy (w. Wild Beasts, Maps & Atlases)
October 8 – Manchester Academy (w. Holy Fuck, Danananakroyd)
October 9 – Leeds Academy (w. Wild Beasts, Danananakroyd)
October 10 – Lincoln Engine Shed (w. Wild Beasts, Danananakroyd)
October 12 – Southampton Guildhall (w. Wild Beasts, Danananakroyd)
October 13 – Bristol Carling Academy (w. Holy Fuck, Danananakroyd)
October 14 – Birmingham Carling Academy (w. Holy Fuck, Danananakroyd)
October 16 – Brixton Academy (w. Holy Fuck, Danananakroyd)
Performances at several summer festivals including headline slots at Underage/Field Day have seen the band’s stock skyrocket, placing them at number eight in the international chart of bands named after animals.
After decades of entropy caused by groups such as The Eagles and The Beatles hogging the upper reaches, the top ten has been shook up violently by newer acts such as Panda Bear and Deerhunter.
The chart needs new blood to appear relevant and groups such as Foals and Wolf Eyes are helping to heal the rift created in the musical community when Mastodon were barred from inclusion.
