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Evolutionary progress is by its very nature slow. Most populist bands drift along a predictable parabola with a distressing lack of inventive juice or the courage to take chances. Not so Foals. Six months after their last Brighton show and the Oxford five-piece continue to evolve at pace. Recent Radiohead comparisons make only token musical sense but rightly suggest a potential at growth and experimentation. The evolutionary pointers are all there. A debut album that has the temerity to leave early crowd pleasers Hummer and Mathletics off its track listing hints strongly at a band purely interested in forward motion.
That abundant momentum and a refreshingly youthful demographic made for a Concorde crowd that mirrored the sinewy energy of the band. When the instrumental intro segued into album opener French Open the venue transformed immediately into a heaving, sweating, manic mass. During the muscular slide into new single Cassius, all punching rhythm punctuated by staccato horn section and that percussive chiming guitar attack, it was noticeable that the band seem to have abandoned the facing inwards performance style of earlier times. While the music still feels like drinking a vat of happy juice and then being punted around the inside of a giant padded cell, the insularity of the band has eased. The music remains tight but the dynamic has changed. And so it went for a hot, rippling hour. A razor sharp run through of the new songs, a late outing for old favourites Hummer and Mathletics, and the further suggestion of possible future glories. Same as it ever was.
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