https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20971-what-went-down/
The new Foals LP feels like the completion of an unplanned trilogy— Total Life Forever embraced commitment, Holy Fire yearned for liberation, and this is the band recoiling from the blowback. At

https://www.allthingsloud.com/foals-what-went-down-album-review/
Oxfordshire quintet Foals spent the majority of last record Holy Fire touring relentlessly, so much so that it earned them a headline slot at Bestival 2014. In a recent interview, frontman Yannis Philippakis said that this show ended up being the catalyst for something great. This 'something great' subsequently climaxed in a selection of intense recording sessions with James Ford in France

https://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/foals_what_went_down/
What Went Down is loud, fast, and polished. It has hooks galore and it contains confident performances throughout, a quality that has only increased with each subsequent release. Even more than that, What Went Down is built on rock-solid riffs. In each of the 10 tracks here, Foals practically bow down and worship at the Shrine of the Riff.

https://insanityradio.com/music/reviews/album-review-fwhat-went-down/
Here's my first listen track-by-track review of 'What Went Down'. "What Went Down" Foals released the title track as the first teaser to the album back at the start of the summer, and it really set the hype going for the album's release. The track is packed with attitude and Foals' raw edge, which is why the band have been so

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/foals-what-went-down-album-review-10465529.html
Foals, What Went Down - Album review. Download: What Went Down; Albatross; London Thunder. Andy Gill. Friday 21 August 2015 13:50 BST. ... Foals, What Went Down - Album review. Download: What Went

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/foals-what-went-down-album-review-1.2330908
Foals' fourth LP opens with the thunderous, uncaged What Went Down (probably the best song the band has written) and ends with the epic A Knife in the Ocean. There's early promise. There's early

https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-foals-16225-311244
Foals - 'What Went Down'. Oxford's finest flit between gnarly rock and frustrating slickness on an often-brilliant fourth album. By Mark Beaumont. 25th August 2015. Like Stanley Kubrick's

https://consequence.net/2015/08/album-review-foals-what-went-down/
Since the release of 2013's Holy Fire, Foals have been immersed in the creation of their fourth full-length, What Went Down. Holy Fire saw Foals become a band that could, and did, open for Metallica, gutting rock with sheer determination to spill its hidden funk and stoner rock innards. In an interview with NME, frontman Yannis Philippakis said the band aspired to up that intensity by

https://www.ft.com/content/9f97f2f2-470f-11e5-b3b2-1672f710807b
What Went Down. (Warner Bros) Foals' fourth album What Went Down should carry a question mark at the end of its title. It is overblown and muddled, the sound of a successful band pitching to

https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/foals-what-went-down/
Unlike their first three albums, 'What Went Down' arrives without any obvious standout singles and is a far cry from Foals' early energetic indie sound. On the other hand, it's impossible to deny that the overall album is a hugely accomplished effort from one of Britain's best surviving bands. 7/10. Words: Jonathan Hatchman - - - - - -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6S--qXc2M
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuQQIawCqBADespite it's dark album cover and heavy teaser tracks, Foals' What Went Down seems to be Foals as usual: A

https://crackmagazine.net/article/album-reviews/foals-what-went-down-album-review/
Duncan Harrisson gives his take on Foals' new album. Duncan Harrisson gives his take on Foals' new album. Support Today. If you're a fan, become a Supporter ... Live Reviews; Lists; crackaud.io; Watch; News; Shop; Tickets; ⌘R: The Best New Music; Supporters; Our June issue is here. Starring PJ Harvey, Youth Lagoon, Jayda G, Teezo Touchdown

https://renownedforsound.com/album-review-foals-what-went-down/
Foals have blazed a trial across the indie scene since they first blew out of Oxford with their addictive brand of math rock and debut album Antidotes.Since then they have evolved through their following two releases, with their last offering, Holy Fire, exploding out to critical acclaim and as an exciting new evolution of Foals.Now on their fourth studio album, What Went Down has been teased

https://diymag.com/review/album/foals-what-went-down-album-review
Album Review Foals - What Went Down 5 Stars. If Foals didn't already have enough songs in their arsenal to top festival bills, they've just added ten more. Reviewer: Jamie Milton ... 'What Went Down' - recorded in a 19th-century mill in the South of France - thinks bigger and hits harder than its predecessors.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/foals-what-went-down-album-review/
Review. Foals, What Went Down, review: 'brutally imposing' ... Foals' fourth album is an exciting, immersive experience that picks up where 2013's Mercury Prize-nominated Holy Fire left off

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/68335/Foals-What-Went-Down/
Foals - What Went Down review: In some unexpected ways, Foals unleash the urgency and subdued energy that's been boiling beneath the surface of their entire career. reviews; ... In regards to their new album's direction, Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis stated that What Went Down would be "their loudest and heaviest record to date." A

https://www.metacritic.com/music/what-went-down/foals
Best tracks: Birch tree, Give it all, Lonely Hunter, Knife in the Ocean A great album that fixes the small mistakes made in Holy Fire and Best tracks: Birch tree, Give it all, Lonely Hunter, Knife in the Ocean A great album that fixes the small mistakes made in Holy Fire and keeps the brilliant sounds of their still best album "Total Life Forever". ". What Went Down has a unique sound and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Went_Down
What Went Down is the fourth studio album by British rock band Foals, released on 28 August 2015 via Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom. The album is produced by James Ford, known for his work with Simian Mobile Disco, The Last Shadow Puppets and Arctic Monkeys amongst others. Frontman Yannis Philippakis called it their loudest and heaviest record to date.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/34604-foals-what-went-down.php
83. Pretty Much Amazing. With their fourth album What Went Down, Foals have finally emerged as the apex predator of Britain's tangled and treacherous rock 'n' roll landscape. Full Review. 80. FasterLouder. The result is dense, and keenly focused; instead of pin balling between ideas Foals seem to have settled on a solid aesthetic.

https://beardedgentlemenmusic.com/2015/09/11/foals-what-went-down-review/
When Oxford-based, Skins-soundtracking and artfully bullish quintet Foals released their debut album Antidotes in 2008 the idea of them ever courting a crowd at the Royal Albert Hall into absolute frenzy, or be battling it out for a UK album chart No.1 spot (as they are with What Went Down) was almost laughable. Certainly the band themselves would have been reluctant to humour such ideas.

https://www.xsnoize.com/album-review-foals-what-went-down/
The wait that seemed both tantalizing and agonizing is over for Foals fans. What Went Down dropped on August 28th after the band expertly build the anticipation for their fourth album. Through the first sneak peak with the stellar video of the title track to the final snippet London Thunder they have not put a foot or note wrong. The release of the entire playlist displays an album rises to

https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/foals-what-went-down
Album Reviews: Foals - What Went Down. Such is the height of secrecy surrounding Foals' fourth album, probably in an attempt to head off Captain Jack Sparrow, Long John Silver and other piratey scoundrels, it's been distributed for appraisal under the name of something completely different - Perky Birds. And with 2013's Holy Fire becoming the band's second Mercury Prize nominated

https://www.allmusic.com/album/what-went-down-mw0002860324
What Went Down by Foals released in 2015. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. ... What Went Down by Foals released in 2015. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. New Releases. Discover. Genres Moods Themes. Blues Classical Country. Electronic Folk International. Pop/Rock Rap R