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Ahead of their new album Life Is Yours, out 17 June, Foals have shared another joyful cut with ‘Looking High’. Continuing the trend of escapism and optimism from ‘2am’ and ‘Wake Me Up’, ‘Looking High’ is another drop of sunshine from the band as they look to a hopeful future.

All falsettos and summery synths, ‘Looking High’ is another track to get you ready for the hotter months that looks at life before and beyond the last rough couple of years. Frontman Yannis Philippakis says:

“This is looking back to a more hedonistic time in my life, and a more innocent time in society in general, pre-pandemic and before the existential threat of climate change. It takes place in an alley in Oxford with two clubs - The Cellar and The Wheatsheaf - that all the city’s nightlife gravitated towards. It was before clubs started to close down and our cities started to change into more corporate, arid places. There’s an element of being haunted by nightlife that’s no longer there.”

It's more than enough encouragement for us to return to those carefree days!

Foals begin their UK headline tour later this month:

April 2022

20 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall

21 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall

23 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena

25 – Hull, Bonus Arena

26 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall

27 – Brighton, Centre

29 – London, Olympia

30 – London, Olympia

May 2022

1 – London, Olympia

2 – London, Olympia

5 – Blackpool, Empress Ballroom

6 – Blackpool, Empress Ballroom

8 – London, O2 Academy Brixton

29 – Coventry, Radio 1’s Big Weekend

June 2022

22 – 26 – Glastonbury

27 – Dublin, Fairview Park

29 – Manchester, Castlefield Bowl, Sounds of the City

July 2022

8 – Leeds, Millennium Square, Sounds of the City

9 – Glasgow, TRSNMT

23 – Latitude Festival 

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