This story is the most bizarre stories that I have ever heard in my life has got to be the story of a man by the name Lee Mingwi, who was originally named Tracey, has announced that he is pregnant. Apparently five months pregnant, that is the story in a nutshell.

Normally I would throw an attempt at humor, but this story is just too weird for me to even attempt to construct a joke, here is a picture of the man in question.

Foal Antidotes review

Album: Antidotes
Artist: Foals

Label: Transgressive

Release: Monday 24^th March 2008

For the most part when a new band is hyped up in the media, when I hear their album, it usually ends up in disappointment. they have been a few exceptions .

One of those rare examples was Interpol. More often than not my favorite albums as of late, have been those that have not been hyped to death by music magazines, a prime example was Mirrored.

When I heard Atlas on the radio, it blew me away, I hadn’t heard anything like it, when I heard the album, it too blew my mind. Maybe there was a buzz before Mirrored was released, but I hadn’t heard anything about the band.

Foals are the latest in a long line of bands that have been hype up. the hype for this album began when the played in 2006 at south by south west. and the band took their time in releasing their debut. so after a near two year wait, has it been worth it?

Not really, Antidotes isn’t terrible, Cassius and Balloons, are brilliant slices of dance math rock (what ever the fuck math rock is, I dunno, but that is what they are being called) but it’s far from a masterpiece. All the songs after track four begin to sound a sound the very similar .

Also, I was a little annoyed that neither Mathletics nor Hummer was included on the UK version of the album, as they are two of the best singles of last year.

Cassius Video

Maybe their follow up they will improve, but to be honest, I don’t think that they will. With a backlash already beginning and the bands record isn’t even out a week, all the sings are pointing towards Foals being added to the list of band that quickly rose to promise and then quickly faded into obscurity.