Foster the People

In early 2010 Mark Foster, Cubbie Fink and Mark Pontius released “Pumped Up Kicks” under the guise of Foster The People. The band put the unknowingly, transmittable song on the internet and emailed it to a few friends. A year later - and with over 1.4 million streams and a song that every DJ from California to Australia can’t stop playing - the band are pleased to announce the release of their full-length debut Torches due out on May 20th 2011through Sony Music Entertainment Australia.Foster The People released an EP in January that includes the #32 song in Triple J’s Hottest 100, “Pumped Up Kicks” and two other equally contagious songs: another Triple J smash in the form of “Helena Beat” and the track that has been spreading like wildfire across social networks, “Houdini.” By the end of their January residency in Los Angeles, 300 curious fans were stuck outside the over capacity Echo and forced to wait until the Coachella to see the songs take shape live. Meanwhile the fans inside...