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Fri 05 May 2010Colts from the blue
A hit debut album and two years of touring will change a band, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis tells JIM CARROLL.Gone is the introspection – and the cockines. Now the Oxford five-piece are walking the walk
THE SECOND take from Foals was always going to make for an interesting listen. Straight out of Oxford with a collective first in art-rock, Foals were always an enthralling proposition, even more than their music might necessarily have implied. Headstrong, opinionated and articulate, they were an indie band who pitched themselves cockily as a cut above the pack.
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