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90
Foals manage to delight with invigorating innovation while simultaneously keeping their unique identity deeply engrained in a style that is as fresh as it is warm.
90
The album has a real timeless feel to it. It is an absolute joy to hear Foals take the bold step of branching out their sound even further.
90
When this album was recorded in Foals windowless studio amidst the pandemic, the songs were their windows to a world without restrictions and the bright euphoria of life that was back in full swing.
85
‘Life Is Yours’ is the shot in the arm we all need to awaken us from the turmoil of the past two years.
80
With Life Is Yours, Foals have created a superb antidote to the gloominess of the world we’ve all been facing.
80
‘Life Is Yours’ is their poppiest album to date, leaning in to their more melodic side in wholesale fashion.
80
They’ve taken a risk, switched things up and in going back to their roots have captured the zeitgeist and created a rebirth which points the way towards a new era for Foals.
80
The Oxford band, now a trio, let their hair down on this joyous, hedonistic seventh album, a lockdown record that sounds like anything but.
80
The rock band seem to have followed James Brown’s famous suggestion that ‘the one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing’.
80
Indie veterans mark their sixth album with their most escapist music yet.
80
After hitting the peak of their ambition last time round, this album turns up the fun.
80
Life is Yours may have been written from the depths of a well, but it expresses a sincere longing for what’s outside it.
80
Life Is Yours might’ve been conjured up during lockdown but there’s something undeniably euphoric about it. The band are several years into their career and a departure from their usual sound at this stage is risky but, thankfully, the risk more than pays off.
80
Fueled by the long-promised light at the end of the tunnel after the COVID-19 lockdown, it's also the band's most vibrant and accessible outing to date.
60
It's a beguiling mix for the most part, even if they have overly sacrificed melody on the altar of rhythm.
1mo
60
An album of skippy, infectious, electronics-soaked disco rock.
1mo
60
Oxford trio’s dance-infused seventh album takes them somewhere they’ve not been before.
60
There is a sense that something has been lost by a pivot away from the dramatic scope of their recent albums.
60
Bass and keyboards rule on a bold set that rather outstays its welcome.
55
Foals’ streamlined seventh album does away with their trickier instrumental interplay and subtler emotions, leaving nothing at all open to interpretation.
50
The group’s seventh studio album sees them further their quest towards the nightclub, one Big Weekend groove at a time.
I legitimately listened to this album 4 times in a row to understand how I felt. This is arguably Foals' most fun album, it's dance-y, it's consistent, it's got a lot of solid hooks. After a while, it does start to bleed together, not too unlike past Foals material. This is an interesting direction for the band, but it feels like it is missing the emotional gravity of some of their more memorable songs.
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost 1&2 for me were the blandest albums in the whole Foals discography, but now it's back what I liked the most most in this band.
It's the polar opposite of "edgy": Round, soft, freaking sweet. It commits to its mission until the end. No change-up, nothing.
What's funny is that I'm not bored with this at all. I know, it feels like listening to the same song 11 times but I don't mind, it's an easy, fun listen. It reminds me of Invisible Touch, except that it doesn't try to "we still real rockers" the listener. Isn't that awesome?
Favorite tracks: 2am, 2001
Was quite bored with this one :(
Nice summertime background music though!
Fav track: The Sound
This is my first time listening to Foals since their debut in 2008. Fourteen years have passed and this is a very very different band apparently. However, like their debut, this is very very samey and somehow quite endearing. They are not pulling up any trees but this is a pleasant summery album that would be nice to listen to at a festival whilst supping on cider.
Essential Track - Under the Radar
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Track List
| 1 | Life Is Yours 4:12 | 73 |
| 2 | Wake Me Up 4:23 | 74 |
| 3 | 2am 3:44 | 77 |
| 4 | 2001 4:26 | 72 |
| 5 | (summer sky) 0:36 | 70 |
| 6 | Flutter 3:35 | 68 |
| 7 | Looking High 4:21 | 66 |
| 8 | Under The Radar 2:59 | 67 |
| 9 | Crest of the Wave 3:46 | 70 |
| 10 | The Sound 4:25 | 69 |
| 11 | Wild Green 5:27 | 76 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
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Added on: February 10, 2022