“There's an added element of showmanship to the Oxford band's third album that establishes it as a point of no return. It's easy to hear Holy Fire as a more muscular complement to Wild Beasts, though its overt commercial appeal aligns Foals with the Cure in stadium mode.”
“On their debut Antidotes, produced by TV On The Radio’s Dave Sitek, Foals stepped from their stalls with shifty post-punk grooves, kinetic percussion, and nervous, sulky vibes. By 2013, with Holy Fire, they smoothed and super-sized their sound with production from U2 vets Flood and Alan Moulder. Their latest LP finds Foals mostly self-producing, with help from engineer Brett Shaw (Florence and The”
“On Foals' third full-length album, the UK rock band continues down the path they set for themselves on 2010's Total Life Forever, favoring newfound maturity over the raw energy that made the band so exciting in the first place.”
