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AUDIO: Foals' Yannis Philippakis (2015)

Pip Williams, Rock's Backpages audio, 19 June 2015

The Foals frontperson talks about the band's latest album What Went Down: the progression from previous album Holy Fire; writing in Oxford but living in London; being pushed by producer James Ford; his songwriting progress; songs like 'Mountain at my Gates' and 'Knife in the Ocean'; wanting to tour again... and after which he's photographed by his interviewer. 

Read a transcript of this interview.

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