Foster the People are one of those bands that grew significantly largely after a couple of heavily-played songs on the radio. Houdini and Pumped Up Kicks were ultimate summer anthems and were accurate portrayals of what their first album sounded like. This time round, the band's second album, Supermodel, is suitably more diverse in both individual album tracks and as a musical direction.
The vibrant, exciting and energetic style of the album cover is shone through Are You What You Want To Be, the opening track and arguably the best track of the album. The song provides a more upbeat, almost exotic feel to it and this, along with A Beginners Guide to Destroying the Moon reveals a wider use of instrumentation, layering and generally more substance to their songs. Contrasting with this, Nevermind, employs intricate guitar playing and soothing tones whereas Goats in Trees is positively simplistic and slightly echo-ey. There are also, noticably, more incorporations of electronic sounds presented in Pseudologia Fanastica, whilst Best Friend is certainly the stand out, majestic and danceable track of the album. Sadly, however, Ask Yourself and Coming of Age's deliveries are less than thrilling but this is made up by the raw sounding Fire Escape which is a lot different to anything Foster the People have released before, in fact this whole album is.
Supermodel is a vast improvement and growth in Foster the People's work. Whilst the first album, Torches, employed a standard vibe throughout the album, Supermodel conveys variety. The singing is different, it is typically less folk sounding and the songs are a lot more textured. With these changes, it's difficult to recognise Foster the People as who they are now but this is an exciting direction of the band and their almost hybrid sound MGMT/Klaxons is something that will hopefully take them a lot further as a band.
Foster the People are streaming the album here.
Have you heard their new album yet? What do you think of it?
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