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Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Holy Fire FOALS R&P INTERNACIONAL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC The third studio album from British indie band Foals, Holy Fire was produced in North London and features the single "Inhaler". Review Foals moniker made perfect sense in the mid-00s. Their early singles were spindly affairs, capable of kicking out but occasionally awkward of movement. The Oxford five-piece swiftly suffered restrictive pigeonholing: math-rockers never had much of a chart-busting ring to it. So much buzz and hypeenough to drown most bands. But Foals debut, 2008s Antidotes, held firm against any backlash, and 2010s Total Life Forever successfully expanded their palette of (largely leftfield) influences. A Mercury Prize nomination was just reward. Today, theyre less a fumbling creature finding its feet and more the tremendous elephant in the live room - truly, they've become a huge-sounding proposition. Foals were already a mainstream presence now, theyve made an album properly reflecting that status. Arena tours should await them. Holy Fires lead tracks, Inhaler and My Number, comprise tone-setters for this slickly realised set, which focuses on instant-click compositions over consciousness-creepers. That both sound enormous may have everything to do with Alan Moulder and Floods productionand if not, their presence cant have hurt. These insights into a more traditional rock aesthetic are ultimately catalogue highs. They showcase the right manner of group maturity, embracing the core of todays commercial rock market while retaining traces of trademark twitchiness. Its a perverse progression: two steps backwards to leap into an unwritten future. Late Night is a slow-burner that brilliantly erupts in its final third. Of similar design is Milk & Black Spiders, which will be a standout moment of the bands live set when it, too, bursts with intoxicating vibrancy at its climax, strings rushing into the mix. Stepson and Moon are more delicate affairs, sequenced to impress considerably at the albums end. Yannis Philippakis lyricism could be dizzyingly cryptic before, but here hes focusing on identifiable themes: love, friendship, distance, travel. Metaphors are less messy, the language streamlined. He sings with tenderness when necessary, and has developed a satisfyingly gruff roar, best employed on Inhaler. Holy Fire is somewhat hamstrung by Bad Habit, a peculiar hybrid of The Temper Traps Sweet Disposition and Mumford & Sons. It lacks the singular spark that makes this bands best cuts stand boldly from the crowd. Prelude, too, will likely lose the battle against the skip button. But such quibbles are minor. The kidswhich Foals were at their outsethave grown up splendidly. You might say theyve become a true thoroughbred outfit, if such linguistic horseplay was your thing. --Mike Diver This link will take you offin a new window Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop . All rights reserved.