Yannis Philippakis recalled the encounter during an online listening party for 'Holy Fire' last night Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has revealed that his band once got a compliment off Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ Anthony Kiedis about their song ‘Bad Habit’, telling them it would “be a hit”.
The recollection came during last night’s Twitter listening party for Foals’ ‘Holy Fire’, which was released in 2013. The online event was the latest instalment of Tim Burgess‘ lockdown series of listening parties for classic albums.
Discussing the ‘Holy Fire’ single ‘Bad Habit’, Yannis recalled how the track “started out on acoustic guitar” before they began writing and rehearsing the track “in empty shower rooms” backstage while on tour in South America
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