Foster the People

Ok kids, just in time for Memorial day weekend, here's a song that MUST make your summer/lake playlist because quite frankly by the end of the summer everybody will be listening to it. and you can just laugh in their face like the music snob you apire to be and pretty much say "yeah, but I heard it first". The band is called Foster the People. Now, remember when Peter, Bjorn, and John came out with "Young Folks" and we instantly fell in love with it... even when it became mainstream and was virtually everywhere? This song envokes that moment from me. Remember when you first heard the MGMT album? That was good times, right. Do you feel like they should have stuck with the same formula as the first record instead of going more experimental? Well from what I've heard of FTP, the new album should quench your thirst.


It's a bit amazing really. That the band shows so much promise that is. The band just formed in August of last year in LA. They haven't even put out an album yet... not even an EP to my knowledge. Hell, they barely played their first gig in January but still managed to win over a lot of peeps at SXSW... including I'm guessing Sony who I speculate picked the band up (since they are no longer streaming all their tracks on their website). The bands recipe... PB&J + MGMT with a dash of Phoenix, and a smidgeon of CWK all broiled in a Postal Service broth .... Now doesn't that just scream indie turned commercial success? Yes, perhaps I've over-hyped the song and it may just fall into the dismal abyss of the blogosphere never to be seen again, but I'm sure as hell gonna jam to it.

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so without further adieu... your new WTF approved summer anthem.... "Pumped up Kicks"

Listen:Foster the People " Pumped up Kicks"





Foster the People - Pumped up Kids