1/13 Foals - Prelude + Inhaler @ 9:30 Club, Washington, DC 5/05/13

What links the minimalism of American composer Steve Reich, guitars that sound like insects and tennis player Andy Roddick? The answer is one word: Foals. The explanation is a bit more complicated. Let’s start at the beginning. Foals are a five-piece dance-rock band currently living in London. Yannis Philippakis (vocals/guitar), Edwin Congreave (keyboards), Walter Gervers (bass), Jimmy Smith (guitar) and Jack Bevan (drums) met in their native Oxford, where they bonded over a shared sense of humour. B