Foster the People

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Foster the People
Foster the People at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Foster the People at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock • electro pop
founding 2009
Website www.fosterthepeople.com
Current occupation
Mark Foster
Cubbie Finch
Mark Pontius
former members
Cubbie Finch

Foster the People is an American indie - electro - band from California .

Band history

Beginnings

The head of the band, singer and guitarist Mark Foster, actually comes from Cleveland , but went to Los Angeles to earn money as a composer for film and television commercials, among other things. At first he was also a solo musician before founding the band Foster the People in autumn 2009 with bassist Cubbie Fink and drummer Mark Pontius .

On the local radio station KROQ they drew attention the following year with the song Pumped Up Kicks , which became one of the summer hits of 2010. The catchy chorus and the poppy upbeat rhythm stand in contrast to the dark text, which is about a socially isolated , psychotic youth who has a rampage fantasy and recommends his potential victims to run away from the bullets of his gun. With the song, the band wants to take a stand against youth violence . Mark Foster was bullied in high school and Cubbie Fink's cousin is a survivor of the Columbine High School rampage .

Their popularity increased via the Internet, in particular via the Hype Machine portal , which they entered through the contribution of a German blogger. The interest in Foster the People grew internationally, among other things they were also on the playlist of the Austrian youth broadcaster FM4 in 2010 .

The band got a contract with the major label Sony / Columbia in June 2010 and in January 2011 they released their first EP, which is named after the song. In April they performed at Coachella 2011 . Shortly thereafter, her debut song Pumped Up Kicks hit the charts in North America and eventually reached number 3 in the US. The debut album Torches followed a little later and entered the US album charts at number 8 . Foster the People enjoyed international success with the song, particularly in Australia where it rose to number 1 and the album reached number 5.

Since the success of Pumped Up Kicks in 2011 until now

For Foster the People 2012 was marked by an extensive tour as well as the writing of new songs and the recording of a second album. The single sold over 6 million copies in the US alone and is one of the top 20 best-selling singles of all time.

On January 14, 2014, the single Coming of Age was released. It was an anticipation of the album Supermodel , which was released in March 2014.

On April 27, 2017, Foster The People released EP III . It contains three songs, which can also be found on the band's next studio album. The album Sacred Hearts Club was released on July 21, 2017.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2011 Torches DE87 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT44 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH49 (26 weeks)
CH 		UK12 (30 weeks)
UK 		US8th
platinum
platinum

(70 weeks)US
First published: September 5, 2011
2014 Supermodel - - CH17 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK26 (5 weeks)
UK 		US3 (14 weeks)
US
First published: March 14, 2014
2017 Sacred Hearts Club - - - - US47 (6 weeks)
US
First published: July 21, 2017

EPs

  • 2011: Foster the People
  • 2014: Spotify Sessions
  • 2017: III
  • 2019: Pick U Up

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2010 Pumped Up Kicks
Torches 		DE9
platinum
platinum

(31 weeks)DE 		AT3
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)AT 		CH17 (46 weeks)
CH 		UK18th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(43 weeks)UK 		US3
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(40 weeks)US
First published: September 14, 2010
2012 Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
Torches 		- - - - US86
gold
gold

(9 weeks)US
First published: January 10, 2012
2017 Sit Next to Me
Sacred Hearts Club 		- - - - US42
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(20 weeks)US
First published: October 13, 2017

More singles

  • 2011: Helena Beat
  • 2011: Call It What You Want
  • 2012: Houdini
  • 2014: Coming of Age
  • 2014: Pseudologia Fantastica
  • 2014: Best Friend
  • 2014: Are You What You Want To Be?
  • 2017: Doing It for the Money
  • 2017: Loyal Like Sid & Nancy
  • 2017: I Love My Friends
  • 2018: Worst Nites
  • 2019: Style
  • 2019: Imagination
  • 2019: Pick U Up

As a guest musician

  • 2018: Ride or Die (The Knocks feat. Foster the People)
  • 2018: Blur ( MØ feat. Foster the People)

swell

  1. ^ New band of the day: Foster the People (No 783) , Guardian, May 11, 2010
  2. ^ Foster the People on laut.de , accessed on January 16, 2012
  3. ↑ rollingstone.com: Band to Watch: Foster the People's Pumped-up Psych-Pop , accessed January 19, 2012
  4. ↑ Faith-Ann Young: Foster The People Open Up About Their New Album, Gun Violence, And Bungee Jumping On Stage At Coachella ( Memento of August 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: kroq.radio.com, March 14, 2011, accessed on January 19, 2012
  5. ^ Denise Quan: Foster the People on inspiration, odd jobs and meeting Bono. In: CNN . January 10, 2012, accessed September 21, 2019 .
  6. ^ Foster The People's Mark Foster Fawns Over Kanye West At Coachella , Idolator, April 19, 2011
  7. ↑ Music: Reunion with Foster the People & Cults , raumbild (wordpress), May 3, 2011
  8. ↑ News bits: Leslie & the Badgers, Gulf Coast Benefits, Foster the People, Jane's Addiction, Sunset Junction , Buzz Bands LA, June 30, 2010
  9. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/supermodel/id793285794
  10. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  11. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: DE AT UK US

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