Scorching, heavy, seductive, and sweaty, Foley’s disco-tinged “Fever” is an intoxicating, irresistible invitation to maneuver, to groove, and to give up our our bodies to the beat.
Stream: “Fever” – Foley
Get prepared to bop.
Foley’s newest single is an irresistible invitation to maneuver, to groove, and to give up our our bodies to the beat.
It’s an invigorating rush of disco-tinged pop, full with glistening guitars, pulsing bass and drums, and celestial vocals full of ardour and aching with uncooked emotion.
Scorching, heavy, seductive, and sweaty, “Fever” is an intoxicating, all-consuming reverie – the sort of music that uplifts and conjures up, all whereas tapping some deeper truths about our shared human situation.
I discover a sample each time
it’s near midnight (oh child)
You wanna see me,
You’re so needy on the sidelines
(oh child)
I’ve not been yours for months
Left you within the gutter child
I can’t assist should you catch a chill
Atwood Journal is proud to be premiering “Fever,” the fourth single taken off Foley’s extremely anticipated sophomore album, That’s Life, Child! (out February twenty eighth, 2025 through Nettwerk Music Group). Following their beforehand launched songs “Heartstrings,” “Unstable,” and “Low and Excessive,” “Fever” finds the indie pop duo of Ash Wallace and Gabriel Everett doing what they’ve lengthy finished finest by channeling intense, acquainted emotions into large, daring beats and dance-friendly melodies.
A former Atwood Journal Editor’s Decide, Foley have been mesmerizing audiences since their debut some eight years in the past. “With a sound that’s midway between Oh Surprise and Fickle Pals’ indie pop allure and Kygo or Flume’s buoyant electronics, Foley appear intent to make audiences dance to the most effective of instances and the worst of instances,” I wrote again in 2018.
Whereas that is maybe their largest dip into the disco world as a sonic template, “Fever” is in some ways a quintessential Foley music.
The lyrics paint a poignant story of longing, craving, and fervent want, whereas the music electrifies the ears and energizes the soul. Centered across the feverish emotions of unrequited love – and the feverish pull of an excellent disco groove – “Fever” cleverly hits on a number of ranges, delivering a magnetic eruption of spirited sound along with a sensational singalong.
“In a means it’s the continuation of that story the place a previous love is lingering on they usually can’t fairly discover closure.” Foley shares with Atwood Journal. “It was impressed by an expertise the place a good friend’s ex saved exhibiting up at each social gathering, each cafe, and felt like they had been virtually round each nook!”
Wallace and Everett come to a (excuse the wording) fever pitch within the music’s catchy and cathartic refrain:
See you burning up
Don’t wanna make you endure child
Can’t assist it
You’ve nonetheless acquired fever, oh no
You continue to don’t assume it’s over
You’ve nonetheless acquired fever, oh no
You continue to don’t assume it’s over
You’ve nonetheless acquired fever
“In a means it’s the continuation of that story the place a previous love is lingering on they usually can’t fairly discover closure.” Foley inform Atwood Journal.
“It was impressed by an expertise the place a good friend’s ex saved exhibiting up at each social gathering, each cafe, and felt like they had been virtually round each nook!”
Whereas angst and heartache actually play a component on this music, it’s in the end Foley’s feel-good perspective that wins out – daring us to not smile as they manifest musical sunshine.
“‘Fever’ was written on a protracted weekend away to Auckland’s Waiheke Island,” Ash Wallace explains. “The songs we wrote over that weekend grew to become the vast majority of the album, and I believe ‘Fever’ is an ideal instance of the spontaneity and enjoyable we had been having on the time.”
“At its core, it’s the sister-song to the album’s title monitor (‘That’s Life, Child!’) – the place an ex received’t cease showing all over the place you look. It’s cheeky, sassy, and has various side-eye! We made positive the manufacturing matched, too; it was actually enjoyable to check out the dramatic cease begins, and the punchy bass to lend some weight to the lyrics.”
I see you out dancing
And also you watch me like a horror (so loopy)
Cease tryna maintain me simply to
make the touchdown softer (oh child)
You possibly can take a punch
However can’t admit your coronary heart is breaking
You act prefer it by no means will
With their sophomore album out in lower than a month, it’s protected to say Foley are already on cloud 9 – and with a music like “Fever” now of their arsenal, they’re positive to deliver listeners alongside for the journey.
Described by the band as a “time capsule of experiences reflecting their evolution from questioning life’s complexities to embracing its unpredictable nature,” That’s Life, Child! guarantees to deliver much more insatiable pop music into the combo because the New Zealand duo proceed to pair “weak confessions with infectious, groove-driven manufacturing.”
“We’re now not looking for solutions or navigate life with songs like we used to,” Foley say.
“We’re accepting the messiness, the chaos and the enjoyment that comes with all the things.”
Stream “Fever” solely on Atwood Journal, and keep tuned for the discharge of That’s Life, Child! on February twenty eighth!
See you burning up
Don’t wanna see you endure child
Oh why?
You’ve nonetheless acquired fever, oh no
You continue to don’t assume it’s over
You’ve nonetheless acquired fever, oh no
You continue to don’t assume it’s over
You’ve nonetheless acquired fever, oh no
You continue to don’t assume it’s over
You’ve nonetheless acquired fever, oh no
(Nonetheless acquired fever)
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