The band’s 2008 debut, Antidotes, delivered on the early promise of their cool-yet-frenetic style. But the widescreen production from TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek hinted at the limitations of their approach – something, you felt, would have to give for Foals to step things up a notch.

Their answer on Total Life Forever is to relax the binary plotting of their punk-funk jams and punch up the pop factor. If this all sounds distressingly unlike the future, that’s because it is. But we needn’t fret: the trick here is to locate a beating heart, the missing Z to their rigorous X and Y axes, without losing sight of what made them so exciting in the first place.

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Sarah McLachlan – Laws of Illusion
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“If you like Sarah’s catalog, ‘Laws of Illusions’ is a must-own. It continues her eclectic balance of piano-driven singer-songwriter and electronica queen. And she takes it to the next logical step”

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Mojo
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“Every rehearsal for years started with blues. It’s how we sound after hours. I thought, ‘we should stay where we naturally play.’ I’m more excited than I’ve been in a long time.”

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The Gaslight Anthem – American Slang
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“The Gaslight Anthem return with their third album, ‘American Slang’ and to an extent picks up where ‘The ’59 Sound’ left off, as the bands working class punk rock continues to be blended with an old-school rock ‘n’ roll lyricism.”

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Foals – Total Life Forever
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“Their answer on Total Life Forever is to relax the binary plotting of their punk-funk jams and punch up the pop factor. If this all sounds distressingly unlike the future, that’s because it is.”

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Devo – Something for Everybody
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“What strikes me about Something For Everybody is that I get ten seconds into the first track, and it’s immediately recognizable as being DEVO.”

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The Steve Miller Band – Bingo!
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“Recorded at Skywalker Ranch (yes, that Skywalker Ranch), one of the premiere audio production facilities on the planet, Bingo! resides on a level of excellence that you don’t normally get from rockers in their Sixties.”

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