The project, called Life is Dub, is set to be released as part of 2023’s Record Store Day exclusive releases on 22nd April 2023.

Foals revealed that they’d be teaming up with Dan Carey, founder of record label Speedy Wunderground and renowned producer, having worked with the likes of Fontaines D.C., Wet Leg and Slowthai.

Foals frontman Yanis Philippakis spoke to NME about the “2AM” release, saying, “This is the most interesting version. It’s one of the most full and dubbiest moments of the record. Some tracks are slightly dancier and in a more electronic place while others sound like full, sonic-heavy dubs.”

Philippakis continued, “Because ‘2AM’ is one of the biggest tracks off the record, it’s interesting how he managed to subvert it and have the lyrics take on a different flavour. It’s got more of a darker, late-night swagger than the original.”

“Now it’s 2AM, there are no buses, no streetlights working, and the streets are piled high with trash. I like it. It’s this kind of Knight Rider vibe to it.”

The band have been clear on their vision for the dub reimagining of Life is Yours, telling NME “It’s not like we’re going, ‘Oh, here are some extra tracks’ or, ‘Here’s the record remixed by a bunch of different people’. It’s just taking all of the material that’s there and getting deep with it.”

“It’s like being presented with a photograph of the album and this is the negative that you’ve never seen. It’s a total invert. If ‘Life Is Yours’ is a daytime summer record, full of light with these clean white lines, then this is literally a colour negative. It’s a sweaty and unclean flip of it.”

Foals decided to work with Dan Carey on this project as they believe him to be “an amazing chameleon” in his musical abilities.

Speaking on Carey, Philippakis said, “He’s got a renaissance ability to look at all aspects of music; especially with recording. He’s adaptable and can fit in with whatever an artist requires. He’s working a lot so he’s really in the groove. He never stops and that gives him this incredible rhythm and routine where he’s always on his game. ”

The band hope that they’ll reach a new audience with their new sound, and are keen to get “people into record shops” with their exclusive Record Store Day 2023 release.

Foals are set to headline Reading & Leeds Festival this summer. Purchase tickets here.

Stream Life Is Yours here.

Hundreds of exclusive releases have been announced within the official Record Store Day list, including this years RSD ambassadors, The 1975. The band will distribute limited edition LP, CD and Cassette versions of their BBC Philharmonic Orchestra performance of their second studio album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of it. The track list also features a version of ‘’Chocolate’’, which features on their EP, Music For Cars.

British Rock band, Rare Birds, will release a compilation of mixes, edits and B-sides from their album, A Flock of Seagulls. Single mixes and edits from their biggest hits ‘’Modern Love is Automatic’’ and ‘’I Ran’’ will appear on the limited edition release. It will also include B-Sides of singles originally on the album, such as ‘’Tanglimada’’ which is the B-Side to ‘’Telecommunication.’’ Alison Moyet – The Other Live Collection, will be an exclusive vinyl release on Record Store Day. The special edition was recorded during her 2017 tour, ‘The Other Tour’ and will include tracks ‘’All Cried Out’’ and ‘’The English U.’’ Bastille will also release a LP version of their Live MTV Unplugged performance, including their chart-topping single ‘’Pompeii’’ and an exclusive cover of ‘’Killing Me Softly.’’

Black Sabbath’s eighth album, Never Say Die, will be released as a special edition LP and be presented on a never-seen-before light blue splatter and transparent vinyl, also including a reproduction of the Ten Year War brochure. Duran Duran will release a collective of carnival remixes and night versions onto a LP format, for the 40th anniversary of their album release, Rio. Sir Elton John is also celebrating an album anniversary, as his sixth studio album Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only the Piano Player, was released 50 years ago in 1973. Exclusive to RSD 2023, the album will be distributed on coloured vinyl in an LP format. The album includes Elton John’s renowned singles ‘’Crocodile Rock’’ and ‘’Daniel.’’ The special edition will include a bonus disc of the album’s session demos.

2020 Rising Star Brit award winner, Celeste, will release a limited edition pink vinyl and six track extended play in celebration of Record Store Day. The EP is titled Lately, and will include an extended version of her track ‘’Strange’’ and her latest single ‘’To Love a Man.’’ The EP is an adaptation of her 2019 Lately EP, which was only released in North America as a limited run promo. In relation to Brits Rising Star winners, the 2015 recipient of the award, Sam Smith, will release a 7-inch vinyl of his track with Kim Petras, ”Unholy.” The vinyl will include the original song, as well as a remix by electronic duo, Disclosure. Jessie Ware will also celebrate RSD with the release of a 7-inch vinyl of her single ‘’Free Yourself.’’ Her fifth studio album, ‘That! Feels Good!,  is set the be released the week after Record Store Day.

Many worldwide renowned artists are celebrating and participating in Record Store Day UK. Fans can expect special edition releases from artists such as Slade, Björk, The Pogues, Stevie Nicks, Madonna, The Cure, Nas, Dolly Parton, Sam Fender, The Police, and many more…

To access the full list of official releases scheduled for the 2023 Record Store Day UK, click here.
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