Anne Litt and Jason Bentley did a SXSW 2011 wrap up this year when they returned to LA and one of the stand out moments for them was seeing everybody scream along, party anthem style, to Foster The People’s “Pumped Up Kicks.”
My friend Cindy and I knew it was going to be a mad house to see them at Coachella so we did our concert-goer duty and got there early to stake out a spot in the tent. Holy cow - we were totally unprepared for how much people wanted to pump up their kicks. Unfortunately due to a former act going WAYYYY over their alotted time slot (*cough* Tinie Tempah *cough*) the band didn’t get a chance to sound check very well.
It didn’t seem to matter to the biggest crowd I saw at the festival. Everybody stuck around and jammed out singing along to every word and otherwise showing signs of utter fan-dom.
This all happened for a band with a single EP to their name. Yes, Torches didn’t drop until yesterday, which means all those people were hopped up on the buzz from whatever they were finding on the interwebs and a 3 song EP.
But if you’re going to have 3 songs out there representing you it doesn’t get much better than Foster The People’s “Houdini,” “Pumped Up Kicks (video below),” & “Helena Beat.”
Houdini by Foster The People
Helena Beat by Foster The People
To celebrate the release of their LP, Torches, Foster the People played a free show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood last night. As was expected, the line wrapped around the corner and LA kicksters showed up in numbers that filled every row all the way back to the hip hop and soul 45s in the front of the store (Amoeba had them set up with a nice little stage toward the back).
I’m in. I purchased Torches there on the spot and I’ve been listening to it since. I don’t know what to say other than...sometimes you just “got it,” and Foster the People have definitely “got it.”
Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks from Foster The People on Vimeo.
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