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Neon-toned and deliciously funky, Foster the People's third studio album, 2017's Sacred Hearts Club, finds the group eschewing its pleasant indie pop sound in favor of an album of lightly experimental, fluorescent-lit, groove-based tracks. Produced by lead singer/songwriter Mark Foster and keyboardist Isom Innis, along with Josh Abraham, Lars Stalfors, and Oligee, the album is the Los Angeles band's biggest departure yet from the amiable, youthful vibe of 2011's Torches. These are kinetic, hip-hop-inflected tracks rife with '80s-style synths, finger-snapping basslines, skittering dance beats, and club-ready, falsetto-tinged hooks. If there's any contemporary touchstone for the band's approach here, the album-ending ballad "III," with its dreamy, pulsing synths and angelic, cloud-light melodic hook, certainly makes the case that Foster have been listening to a lot of M83. As if to announce the new direction, they kick things off with the steamy, new wave-cum-hip-hop jam "Pay the Man," which finds Foster diving headlong into a hip-sway-inducing rap. Similarly, cuts like the stadium-sized anthem "Doing It for the Money" and the sparklingly buoyant "Sit Next to Me," with their icicle guitar hits and bubbly keyboards, bring to mind an inspired mix of '80s Tom Tom Club and Prince, with just enough modern EDM flourishes to keep things from getting too nostalgic. Along those lines, we get the spacy electro-Motown of "Static Space Lover," the buzzy, blacklight-drenched house music anthem "Loyal Like Sid & Nancy," and the sexy, crystalline, digital hip-hop and R&B flow of "Harden the Paint." Ultimately, the beauty of Sacred Hearts Club is that it sounds like a Foster the People album without unnecessarily rehashing the sound that made them famous.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass Guitar, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Lyricist, Other, Percussion, Producer, Programmer - Justin Mohrle, Composer, Lyricist - Keinan Abdi Warsame, Composer, Lyricist - Mark Pontius, Composer, Drums, Lyricist - JOSH ABRAHAM, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Oliver Goldstein, Composer, Lyricist - Oligee, Producer - Lars Stalfors, Producer - Dave Cerminara, Engineer - Cameron Graham, Engineer - Cyrus 'Nois' Taghipour, Assistant Engineer - Tyler Page, Assistant Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Ali, Mixing Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass, Bells, Composer, Engineer, Lyricist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Lyricist, Other, Percussion, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer - Ryan Tedder, Composer, Lyricist - Adam Schmalholz, Composer, Lyricist - JOSH ABRAHAM, Producer - Oligee, Producer - Lars Stalfors, Producer - Dave Cerminara, Engineer - Manny Marroquin, Mixing Engineer - Cameron Graham, Engineer - Chris Galland, Mixing Engineer - Jeff Jackson, Assistant Engineer - Robin Florent, Assistant Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Lyricist, Synthesizer - Oliver Goldstein, Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Lyricist, Piano, Programmer, Synthesizer - JOSH ABRAHAM, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Johnny Newman, Composer, Lyricist - Lars Stalfors, Composer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Oligee, Producer - Cameron Graham, Engineer - Dave Cerminara, Engineer - Isom Innis, Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass Guitar, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Lyricist, Other, Programmer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Lyricist, Other, Percussion, Programmer, Synthesizer - Mark Pontius, Composer, Drums, Lyricist - Sean Cimino, Guitar - Lars Stalfors, Producer - Dave Cerminara, Engineer - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Darrell Thorp, Engineer - Martin Cooke, Mixing Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass, Bells, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Lyricist, Percussion, Producer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Lyricist, Percussion, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer - JOSH ABRAHAM, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Oliver Goldstein, Composer, Lyricist, Programmer, Synthesizer - Oligee, Producer - Lars Stalfors, Producer - Cameron Graham, Engineer - Dave Cerminara, Engineer - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Martin Cooke, Mixing Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Isom Innis, Bass, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer - Mike Schuppan, Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass, Celeste, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Co-Producer, Drums, Lyricist, Synthesizer - Jena Malone, Composer, Lyricist - Patrik Berger, Composer, Co-Producer, Lyricist, Programmer - Sean Cimino, Guitar - Stewart Pico Cole, Trumpet - Mark Pontius, Percussion - James King, Flute - Brian Walsh, Clarinet - Lars Stalfors, Producer - Darrell Thorp, Engineer - Dave Cerminara, Engineer - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Martin Cooke, Mixing Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass, Composer, Electric Guitar, Engineer, Lyricist, Other, Producer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Co-Producer, Drums, Lyricist - Sean Cimino, Guitar - Oliver Goldstein, Guitar, Programmer - JOSH ABRAHAM, Co-Producer - Oligee, Co-Producer - Lars Stalfors, Producer - Cameron Graham, Engineer - Dave Cerminara, Engineer - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Martin Cooke, Mixing Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Bass, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Lyricist, Other, Producer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Lyricist, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Composer, Co-Producer, Engineer, Lyricist, Piano, Programmer, Synthesizer - Isom Innis, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Lyricist, Other, Percussion, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer - Oliver Goldstein, Drums - Gabe Noel, Cello - Ali, Mixing Engineer - Cyrus 'Nois' Taghipour, Assistant Engineer - Tyler Page, Assistant Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Mark Foster, Composer, Guitar, Lyricist, Producer, Synthesizer - John Hill, Composer, Drums, Lyricist, Producer - Frans Mernick, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer - KNA, Composer, Lyricist - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Martin Cooke, Mixing Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, Mixing Engineer - Rob Cohen, Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foster The People, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Isom Innis, Composer, Drums, Engineer, Lyricist, Producer - Mark Foster, Composer, Engineer, Lyricist, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Martin Cooke, Mixing Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, Mixing Engineer - Greg Calbi, Mastering Engineer - Steve Fallone, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Neon-toned and deliciously funky, Foster the People's third studio album, 2017's Sacred Hearts Club, finds the group eschewing its pleasant indie pop sound in favor of an album of lightly experimental, fluorescent-lit, groove-based tracks. Produced by lead singer/songwriter Mark Foster and keyboardist Isom Innis, along with Josh Abraham, Lars Stalfors, and Oligee, the album is the Los Angeles band's biggest departure yet from the amiable, youthful vibe of 2011's Torches. These are kinetic, hip-hop-inflected tracks rife with '80s-style synths, finger-snapping basslines, skittering dance beats, and club-ready, falsetto-tinged hooks. If there's any contemporary touchstone for the band's approach here, the album-ending ballad "III," with its dreamy, pulsing synths and angelic, cloud-light melodic hook, certainly makes the case that Foster have been listening to a lot of M83. As if to announce the new direction, they kick things off with the steamy, new wave-cum-hip-hop jam "Pay the Man," which finds Foster diving headlong into a hip-sway-inducing rap. Similarly, cuts like the stadium-sized anthem "Doing It for the Money" and the sparklingly buoyant "Sit Next to Me," with their icicle guitar hits and bubbly keyboards, bring to mind an inspired mix of '80s Tom Tom Club and Prince, with just enough modern EDM flourishes to keep things from getting too nostalgic. Along those lines, we get the spacy electro-Motown of "Static Space Lover," the buzzy, blacklight-drenched house music anthem "Loyal Like Sid & Nancy," and the sexy, crystalline, digital hip-hop and R&B flow of "Harden the Paint." Ultimately, the beauty of Sacred Hearts Club is that it sounds like a Foster the People album without unnecessarily rehashing the sound that made them famous.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:41
- Main artists: Foster The People
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(P) 2017 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
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