Song of the Day: "This Orient" ~Foals

So there's this band, Foals, and they're awesome. I first fell in love with a track of theirs, "Spanish Sahara" off their latest album, Total Life Forever. Then I heard this song which, aside from the repetition, isn't anything like "Spanish Sahara." I didn't even realize it was the same band at first.

I love how the song begins; I love the voices at different pitches. They don't sound human exactly, almost like the blips of an incredibly musical radar. It actually took me a couple of listens to fully appreciate the track; I was so emotionally invested in the sweeping despondence of "Spanish Sahara" that I wasn't fully prepared for something so light and optimistic. I wanted to feel heavier.

Instead, I've had this refrain stuck in my head all day (when I'm not humming "The Suburbs" that is):

It's your heart; it's your heart

that gives me this western feeling

oh and do you know

you give me; you give me this western feeling

Truth be told, I have no idea what "this western feeling" is but considering the track is entitled "This Orient," I have to think it's a song about change, positive change. And probably coming into yourself through someone else: moving from east to west and settling with the sun.

Here, of course, is "Spanish Sahara."