Foals
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost: Part 1
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed 2019 Original. "The First Installment Of A Double LP, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Pt. 1 Delivers On The Promise Of Past Foals Outings Like Holy Fire And What Went Down, Pitting Laser Focus And Wild Abandon Against Each Other In The Group's Most Versatile Collection Of Songs To Date. The Album's A-Side Comes Off Like A Dance Party On The Deck Of The Titanic, Administering Locomotive-Like Basslines And Shadowy Though No Less Propulsive Beats, And Pairing Those Rhythms With Caustic And Cautionary Lyrics That Invoke Zeitgeisty Anxieties Like Ecological Disaster ("Exits") And Infobesity ("White Onions"). That Feeling Of Being Overwhelmed Looms Large Over The Proceedings, With The Anthemic And Penultimate Cut "Sunday" Serving As The Lone Beacon Of Hope, Though By No Means Redemption -- "The Birds Are All Singing 'it's The End Of The World.'" That Song And The Wistful Closer "I'm Done With The World (& It's Done With Me)" Hew Closer To The Atmosphere-Heavy Indie Rock Architecture Of Bands Like Everything Everything And Alt-J, With The Former Cut Invoking An Apocalypse-Themed Rendering Of Duran Duran's "Ordinary World."' James Christopher Monger, AllMusic Guide