Spanish Sahara

This was the first song to be played from British Indie Rock band Foals' second album Total Life Forever. BBC DJ Zane Lowe premiered the tune on his Radio 1 show on March 1, 2010. It was released as a single on April 17th as a 7" as part of Record Store Day. Only 1000 copies were printed and it was sold through independent record stores only.

This meditation on matters post-apocalyptic builds up from a ballad-like beginning before really kicking off at the end. Drummer Jack Bevan told The Vine: "We're really proud of that song. When we first wrote it, it was like any song, where we were just playing all the way through it. And then we just decided, after Yannis had nailed the lyrics, that we'd try and kick everything out except the guitars and just some ambiance at the beginning. So it builds and really kicks off at the end. For me as a drummer, it was quite hard to get the restraint to sit back and not play over the first couple of minutes and then gradually come in, but when it does kick in, it's probably the most fun part of the set to actually play."

The song was voted by UK publication NME as their Best Track of 2010.