Foster The People Thread

[vanessa]

Does anyone here like their hit single Pumped up kicks or their music ?I've been obsessed with this single since last year when the song wasn't even on the radios !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTZ7iX4vTQ

For those who don't know what the song is about here is the explanation from the lead singer, Mark Foster :"Pumped Up Kicks' is about a kid that basically is losing his mind and is plotting revenge. He's an outcast. I feel like the youth in our culture are becoming more and more isolated. It's kind of an epidemic. Instead of writing about victims and some tragedy, I wanted to get into the killer's mind, like Truman Capote did in In Cold Blood. I love to write about characters. That's my style. I really like to get inside the heads of other people and try to walk in their shoes."


I really recommend their album 'Torches'.It's such an amazing pop record.
I remember Greg Wells twitting how much he enjoys the album.
http://twitter.com/#!/greg_wells/sta...72237831102464

My favorite songs are 'Call it what you want'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJ5p458DoY
And 'Waste '
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEVz..._order&list=UL

[robertina]

and what about the shooting Andy Dermanis did with them?

http://t.co/5RYYQM6

I like them a lot too!

[nenartus]

I love Call it what you want! It's so

[dcdeb]

Yes, I've been singing Pumped Up Kicks for months -- can't get it out of my
head. I also really like Warrant. And LOVE the videos that Andy worked on
for them!

[suzie]

That's some really great music! Thanks for posting this and doing some explanation.
I think I even saw some tweet by George Michael about Foster the People but I thought it was some kind of charity and didn't even click on the link.

[mariposa]

Been listening to them A LOT on spotify. Really nice music!

[suzie]

Just checked - the album as produced by Paul Epworth and Greg Kurstin
No wonder why it sounds great.

I'm keeping fingers crossed for a good production of Mika's next album, too.

[robertina]

Originally Posted by suzie

Just checked - the album as produced by Paul Epworth and Greg Kurstin
No wonder why it sounds great.

I'm keeping fingers crossed for a good production of Mika's next album, too.

[vanessa]

Originally Posted by suzie

That's some really great music! Thanks for posting this and doing some explanation.
I think I even saw some tweet by George Michael about Foster the People but I thought it was some kind of charity and didn't even click on the link.

Pumped up kicks is the only song produced by Mark Foster and he played all the instruments by himself .

Speaking of charity they first played for charities when they formed the band in October 2009 and they love helping people that's why they named the band Foster the people

I'm gonna post 2 interesting articles
‘Call It What You Want’ for me is just about people trying to put my music in a box. I like to write in different genres, and I like to make what I like to make. It’s the aggravation of people labeling it this or that, drilling me on my style. My attitude is just like, you know, call it what you want. It is what is. Why do we need to put a label on it?”
http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...he-people.html

and http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/0...er-the-people/

[nenartus]

Originally Posted by vanessa

‘Call It What You Want’ for me is just about people trying to put my music in a box. I like to write in different genres, and I like to make what I like to make. It’s the aggravation of people labeling it this or that, drilling me on my style. My attitude is just like, you know, call it what you want. It is what is. Why do we need to put a label on it?”

I could be brown, I could be blue...

[eloise.shaw]

Oh my gosh! I've been obsessed with this band recently! They remind me a bit of Vampire Weekend, but more pop-y.

[Jaya]

"Pumped Up Kicks" has been playing in my house 24/7 for the past week. I couldn't ignore it. I really like it now.