{"id":36777,"date":"2015-09-17T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=36777"},"modified":"2015-12-01T01:07:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:07:02","slug":"foals-what-went-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/09\/17\/foals-what-went-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Foals: What Went Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-36778\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/rsz_foals_what_went_down.jpg\" alt=\"rsz_foals_what_went_down\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/rsz_foals_what_went_down.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/rsz_foals_what_went_down-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/rsz_foals_what_went_down-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>What Went Down<\/em> is the fourth full-length album from British indie-rock band Foals. As a follow up to their 2013 release <em>Holy Fire<\/em>, it doesn&#8217;t disappoint. In <em>What Went Down<\/em>, Foals perfects their raucous sound while incorporating darker lyrics and more aggressive vocals.<\/p>\n<p>The LP\u00a0starts off strong with the title track. It\u2019s an explosive number whose rowdy, buzzing guitars and biographical lyrics set the stage for the album as a whole. The following songs, &#8220;Mountain at My Gates<em>&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>and &#8220;Birch Tree,&#8221; are less aggressive and more introspective, but just as catchy and dance-worthy. The middle tracks do seem to lose their way for a while, but the album regains momentum with<em>\u00a0&#8220;<\/em>Night Swimmers.&#8221; It\u2019s a fast paced number that feels best on full volume while you\u2019re driving down a city freeway at late at night. The stripped-down &#8220;London Thunder<em>&#8220;<\/em> and deceptively upbeat &#8220;Lonely Hunter<em>&#8220;<\/em> sound like two sides of the same world-weary, exhausted artist coin, and sound best played back to back. Finally, &#8220;A Knife in the Ocean,&#8221; an ambitious seven minute effort, rounds out the album and perfectly primes fans for their second listen to the record.<\/p>\n<p><em>What Went Down<\/em> is an excellent album, and definitely worth a listen if you&#8217;re into indie rock.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: The Black Keys, Royal Blood, Bloc Party, Cage the Elephant<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 1 (What Went Down), 2 (Mountain at My Gates), 3 (Birch Tree), 7 (Night Swimmers), 9 (Lonely Hunter)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Hannah Nelson on 09\/09\/15 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foals (2013&#8217;s Best Live Act &#8211; UK) returns with an explosion of catchy indie jams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5988,"featured_media":36778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[3489,3491,3490],"class_list":["post-36777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-foals","tag-hannah-nelson","tag-what-went-down"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/rsz_foals_what_went_down.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5988"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}