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Foals have teased a trance-y new single called ‘2AM’ – listen to it below.The group shared a short video clip featuring frontman Yannis Philippakis soundtracked by a trance-led new single, which was captioned “#2AM.”You can listen to it here:A post shared by FOALS (@foals) Back in December, Foals shared a new remix of their recent single ‘Wake Me Up’ by Gaspard Augé and Victor Le Masne.The Oxford band returned with the track in November, marking their first material since 2019’s sister albums ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part One’ and ‘Part Two’.The remix was a disco-tinged, synth-filled reimagining of ‘Wake Me Up’ courtesy of Augé and Le Masne, who are renowned for their work with Justice and Housse de Racket.The duo have previously remixed Jungle‘s ‘Keep Moving’ as well as Myd and Mac DeMarco‘s collaborative song ‘Moving Men’.The original ‘Wake Me Up’ landed at Number 12 in NME‘s 50 best songs of 2021 list. It was described as “the spiritual sequel to dancier moments like ‘My Number’ and ‘In Degrees’, but in truth it’s the fully realised disco infiltrator they’ve always threatened to write.” Speaking to NME upon its release, frontman Philippakis explained: “We just really wanted to write transporter music that would just take us out of that room and the current time and the whole situation with the pandemic.“We wanted to be transported anywhere else.

Foals have shared a new remix of their recent single ‘Wake Me Up’ by Gaspard Augé and Victor Le Masne – listen below.The Oxford band returned with the track last month, marking their first material since 2019’s sister albums ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part One’ and ‘Part Two’.Today (December 10) Yannis Philippakis and co. released a disco-tinged, synth-filled reimagining of ‘Wake Me Up’ courtesy of Augé and Le Masne, who are renowned for their work with Justice and Housse de Racket.The duo have previously remixed Jungle‘s ‘Keep Moving’ as well as Myd and Mac DeMarco‘s collaborative song ‘Moving Men’.The original ‘Wake Me Up’ landed at Number 12 in NME‘s 50 best songs of 2021 list.

Foals have added three new dates to their forthcoming 2022 UK tour.The Oxford band, who made their return with comeback single ‘Wake Me Up‘, last week have added shows in Hull, Newcastle and Brighton to the jaunt which kicks off at Edinburgh Usher Hall on April 22.Tickets for the new shows which will take place on April 25, 26 and 27 will go on sale from 9am this Friday (November 12).

Foals have shared their rave-driven new single ‘Wake Me Up’. Check it out below, and our new interview with frontman Yannis Philippakis talking us through their new album above.Having been teasing their return for the past week, the band have now stormed back with the first taster of the follow-up to their 2019 sister albums ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part One’ and ‘Part Two’– leaning on the much more funk and dancefloor-inspired elements of the band’s sound, and inspired as the “antithesis” of the lockdown blues.“It was quite a long road, with the pandemic winter and all of that in England,” Philippakis told NME.

Foals have shared a sneak peek of the video for their forthcoming new single ‘Wake Me Up’ – you can check it out below.The Oxford band posted a teaser clip on TikTok earlier this afternoon (October 29), in which Yannis Philippakis and co.

Foals have appeared to tease their imminent return with a cryptic video – check it out below.The Oxford band took to social media today (October 27) to announce a mysterious new project titled ‘Wake Me Up’.Resembling an iPhone screen, the 11-second clip displays the date “Thursday 4 November” and time “18:09” against a floral backdrop. The title ‘Wake Me Up’ then pops up as the phone’s alarm goes off, with the date “4/11” appearing beneath the “Snooze” button.Tune in here:#WakeMeUp pic.twitter.com/ZcIflEaKKG— FOALS (@foals) October 27, 2021Foals have been at work on the follow-up to their 2019 sister albums ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part One’ and ‘Part Two’.

Brexit touring fiasco.Criticism continues after the government jeopardised the future of touring for UK artists when the Brexit deal secured with the EU failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew.Problems remain 10 months on when it comes to new rules and red tape, creating huge costs to future live music tours of the continent for both musicians and crew – which could create a glass ceiling that prevents rising and developing talent from being able to afford to do so.New Brexit rules have also seen a “massive” amount of jobs and taxable income lost to the EU due to it making touring “nigh-on impossible” for road crew.

Foals have announced the departure of their keyboard play Edwin Congreave, telling fans that he’s leaving to pursue a postgraduate degree in economics at Cambridge University.Congreave was a founding member of the band when they formed in Oxford in 2005, but has now parted ways with the band due to his studies and efforts to “mitigate the imminent climate catastrophe”This leaves Foals as a studio three-piece, following the departure of former bassist Walter Gervers in 2018.“We’re sad to say that we played our final show with Edwin Congreave as a member of Foals at All Points East festival in London. It was a helluva way to go out,” said the band in a statement.

Foals performed their first live show in 18 months last night (August 12) and used the opportunity to debut their new track ‘Novo’.The funk-driven number arrived midway through the band’s set, and is anchored by a catchy chorus which sees frontman Yannis Philippakis repeatedly chanting “wake me up“.It’s the first new Foals track to arrive since the release of 2019’s ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2’ and comes after Philippakis previously teased how their new material will be the soundtrack to a “brighter future”.“Thinking about what has occurred over the last period, we’ve been writing new music as a response to that and to transport ourselves out of that reality and into a brighter future – or just to take us out of the moment,”

Foals prepare to return to the stage this week, frontman Yannis Philippakis has spoken to NME about what to expect from their comeback gigs and their “optimistic” new material.Tonight (Thursday August 12), the Oxford band perform at Cardiff Castle to kick off a handful of huge summer dates and their first gigs since February 2020 before the pandemic took hold.“I feel like playing live is in my lifeblood, but this is the furthest we’ve ever been from it,” Philippakis told NME. “It almost doesn’t feel real that these shows about to happen. With that, there’s a chance that they might be some of the most special shows we ever play.

Radiohead, Foals, Supergrass and Glass Animals are among a host of Oxford-bred bands who have donated items to a prize draw to help keep a local music magazine afloat.Nightshift, Oxford’s monthly local music newspaper which has been published since 1991, has been unable to print during the coronavirus pandemic due to a drop in advertising. The magazine relies on adverts to run as a freesheet and needs to raise £12,000 to cover costs until revenue picks up again (via BBC).Radiohead have donated rarities to the prize draw, while Supergrass have provided a deluxe boxset of ‘Supergrass Strange Ones’ greatest hits.

BBC News.Plus there will be a limit on groups to a maximum of six people from six households, one-way systems must be used and ventilation guidelines followed.The change brings live events in line with restaurants and theatres, which were able to open earlier in May.

Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club are among the latest acts to be announced for All Point East 2021 – check out the full line-up below.The east London festival, which was cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis in 2020, has confirmed its plans to return to Victoria Park across the August Bank Holiday Weekend (27-30).After unveiling the bill for the Saturday event (co-headlined by Jamie XX and Kano) as well as Sunday’s Field Day, organisers have this morning (March 25) unveiled the line-up for APE’s Bank Holiday Monday edition.Headlining the main stage that night will be Foals, who last month revealed to NME that they were in the early stages of writing new music.“We’re super happy to be playing at APE this summer.