“This Orient” might be one of my all-time favorite love songs that might not actually be a love song. It’s off Foals’ 2010 outing, Total Life Forever, the album that introduced me to the British rock band with dance-punk and art-rock tendencies. The song is fast-paced and urgent, but also sweet and entreating, and the chorus, “It’s your heart, it’s your heart / That gives me this western feeling” matches the sound, which has a vague western feeling. Foals just released their fifth full-length, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1. First single “Exits” has a commanding groove and compelling tone, while “Sunday” is lightly warped and meandering before amping it up with a galloping unz-unz-unz tempo segueing into a spacious climax. Can’t wait to hear the rest. by Leilani Polk