Holy Fire

by Foals

Overview

While there are lots of bands dealing in either danceable rock or navel-gazing pop, few bands combine the two quite like Foals. On Holy Fire, the third album from the English band, the post-punk revival is given a newfound sense of depth, creating songs that are rhythmic enough to draw listeners, but hypnotic enough to leave listeners lost in their wide-open spaces. This combination of atmosphere and momentum find Foals growing out of the shadows of titans like the Talking Heads and into a spaced-out, dance-punk niche that's all their own. Though a lot of the band's charm comes from the delicate interplay between the guitars and keyboards, the real star of the album comes by way of the massive, stadium-ready "Inhaler," which takes the sparkling, slow build used throughout the album and turns it on its ear with an eruption of massively fuzzy, Muse-esque guitars (and, to some extent, their bombast), creating one of the albums biggest and most rousing moments. Now that they're three albums deep, it feels as if Foals have found a nice middle ground between funk and feeling, making Holy Fire an album that is just as likely to get a room moving as it is to send its inhabitants into a fit of introspective conversation. This kind of duality is something that's hard to find, and it's a quality that could take Foals a long way if they're able to hold onto it. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	07/16/2013
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0825646522248
Rank:	6612

Tracks

1. Prelude
2. Inhaler
3. My Number
4. Bad Habit
5. Lights on the Bridge
6. Late Night
7. Out of the Woods
8. Milk & Black Spiders
9. Providence
10. Stepson
11. Moon

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Foals   Primary Artist
Jimmy Smith   Guitar
Edwin Congreave   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Walter Gervers   Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Rick Elsworth   Marimba,Percussion
Jack Bevan   Drums
Yannis Philippakis   Guitar,Vocals
Tinhead   Handwriting
London Contemporary Orchestra   Conductor
Hugh Brunt   Strings,Conductor,Choir Conductor
Ric Elseworth   Marimba,Percussion

Technical Credits

Stephen Marcussen   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
James Smith   Composer
Flood   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Moulder   Mixing,Producer
Alan Moulder   Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Stewart Whitmore   Editing,Editing Engineer
Foals   Composer
Edwin Congreave   Composer,Musician
Walter Gervers   Composer,Musician
Steve Gullick   Band Photo
Jimmy Smith   Musician
Assault & Battery   Mixing,Recording
Catherine Marks   Engineer,Recording
Jack Bevan   Composer,Musician
Yannis Philippakis   Composer,Musician
John Catlin   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Leif Podhajsky   Design,Artwork,Art Direction
Drew Smith   Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Assistant Producer
Hugh Brunt   String Arrangements
Caesar Edmunds   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Thomas Nebbia   Cover Photo