Foals announce tour dates in support of upcoming LP

Paste is proud to present (drumroll please) the Top Three Reasons that the Foals love you.

3. Don't let their name fool you. The Foals are neither young nor equine. Formed in 2005 in Oxford, England, the quintet of male 20-somethings are entirely human. Bearing comparisons to both Battles and Bloc Party (but more accessible than the former and more complex musically than the latter), the Foals created their music out of a desire to bring the listener something both intricate and danceable. That's right - this band wants you, the listener, to have fun. Dance! Party like it's ... 2008!

2. Recently, the band announced a tour in support of its upcoming debut LP Antidotes. A tour! They want to see you live and in the flesh! It's almost like a date, except that you'll be in a crowd of hundreds of screaming, gyrating fans, and they'll be up on stage sweating and screaming. (Actually, in some ways that sounds just like a date.) All but one of the upcoming scheduled dates are in Europe, but American fans - the Foals love you too...

1. Antidotes, out April 8 stateside on everyone's favorite grunge-turned-indie-kingpin label Sub Pop, will offer American fans two bonus tracks - "Hummer," and "Mathletics." The Foals care so much about their fans that they're trying to tackle two of America's biggest problems simultaneously: the decline of SAT Math scores and the U.S obesity epidemic! The Foals care. They really, truly care.

Watch for coverage of the band in Paste's April issue, and in the meantime, brush up on your Mathletics with the following video:

Antidotes:

1 The French Open
2 Cassius
3 Red Socks Pugie
4 Olympic Airways
5 Electric Bloom
6 Balloons
7 Heavy Water
8 Two Steps, Twice
9 Big Big Love (Fig. 2)
10 Like Swimming
11 Tron
12 Hummer (U.S. bonus track)
13 Mathletics (U.S. bonus track)

February
16 - Seattle, Wash.@ Chop Suey
20 - Rennes, France @ Ubu
21 - Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
22 - Reims, France @ La Cartonnerie
23 - Tourcoing-Lille, France @ Le Grand Mix

March
7 - Belfast, Ireland @ Spring & Airbake*
8 - Carlisle, England @ Brickyard
9 - Newcastle, England @ Academy 2
10 - Glasgow, Scotland @ HMV Glasgow
10 - Glasgow, Scotland @ QMU
11 - Manchester, England @ HMV Manchester
11 - Manchester, England @ Academy 2
12 - Birmingham, England @ HMV Birmingham
12 - Birmingham, England @ Academy 2
14 - Norwich, England @ Waterfront
15 - Oxford, England @ Academy
16 - Brighton, England @ Concorde 2
17 - London, England @ Astoria
25 - Oxford, England @ HMV Oxford
21 - Dublin, England @ Academy