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Anyone heard Foster the People?

JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
edited June 2011 in Other Music
Discovered them, bought their album Torches. Good sound.
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  • PARSONSPLACEPARSONSPLACE Posts: 27
    Yep I heard them on xm radio. They did a cool acoustic version of "Pumped up kicks". If you said the album is good I'm going to have to get it now. :)
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Yes - there's a song called Helena Beat that I heard first, and on itunes you can listen to 90 second clips of all the tracks.
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  • PARSONSPLACEPARSONSPLACE Posts: 27
    Nice I'm going to check it out... thanks
  • PJ212PJ212 Posts: 822
    Pumped Up Kicks gets played on the radio in Los Angeles a lot and is a song that gets into my head. Helena Beat was a free download on iTunes a couple of weeks ago and I liked it too. I think I saw them on Jimmy Fallon and I wasn't that impressed with them live.
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  • dCowboyPJdCowboyPJ Posts: 479
    i'm suprised how much i like these guys because they are so poppy.

    i'd call them pop over rock.

    the song color on the walls is awesome.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,384
    I heard their one song, Pumped UP Kicks, back in Jan. at our local "alternative" online internet station, y-not radio. It/they reminded me of MGMT.
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  • chimpatchimpat Posts: 590
    Good album. Saw them at Coachella and thought they put on a solid show. Love "Houdini" and a song called "Miss You".

    This will probably sound kind of strange, but their lead singer's voice reminds me of David Gray (if he was in his early 20s and in a pop band).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9M4cWrvPR4
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  • bburpeebburpee Posts: 193
    eeriepadave wrote:
    I heard their one song, Pumped UP Kicks, back in Jan. at our local "alternative" online internet station, y-not radio. It/they reminded me of MGMT.

    Agree 100%. My 16-year old daughter loves them... and her current fave is MGMT, so I was not shocked at all.
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  • Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    JaneNY wrote:
    Discovered them, bought their album Torches. Good sound.


    Heard one of their songs on a local radio show a few months ago (can't remember what the song was) and I really enjoyed it. It was one of those things where I liked the song and really, really hoped they would say the name of the band afterwards. Luckily they did. I wanted to check them out but couldn't remember the name of the band until recently. Still need to check out their album. Glad some other people on here like them.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,384
    Heard another song by them just recently called "Helena Beat". Sounded pretty upbeat.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SZGW-6AF3A
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  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    That Pumped up Kicks song has been getting quite a bit of play time lately. Always been a fan of bands matching up dark lyrics with poppy music.
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    eeriepadave wrote:
    Heard another song by them just recently called "Helena Beat". Sounded pretty upbeat.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SZGW-6AF3A

    That was the one that pulled me in. It was free on itunes a while back and I like to check out the free tracks. Its not frequent that you get a gem, but this was one. I like just about every song on the album. I'm hoping to catch a show somewhere when I can.
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