If you’re sick and tired of these grey skies and heavy clouds, I suggest closing your eyes, turning up the volume to a mellow 8.5, and listening to Foster The People‘s "Pumped Up Kicks". The surf guitar, drum grooves, and distant melodic synths bouncing off of echoing vocals will have you floating all the way to a warm California summertime.
Foster The People is fresh, having just formed in October of 2009. They will be putting a few songs up on iTunes in January, and are currently working on their debut. They will be playing a Wednesday night residency at The Echo starting January 19th, and then they’re heading off to Australia for a few shows in February. But don’t bother trying to stalk them on Myspace…they do things the right way by having their music solely on their website, and keeping their fans updated via twitter and facebook.
–Jenna Putnam