When you put on Foster the People’s new album and you’re happily bopping along to the infectious funk-disco beat of the first track, you might hardly notice the growing sense of dread in the lyrics, says Associated Press reviewer Mark Kennedy.
This cover image released by Atlantic Records shows “Paradise State of Mind” by Foster the People. This cover image released by Atlantic Records shows “Paradise State of Mind” by Foster the People. This cover image released by Atlantic Records shows “Paradise State of Mind” by Foster the People. This cover image released by Atlantic Records shows “Paradise State of Mind” by Foster the People. This cover image released by Atlantic Records shows “Paradise State of Mind” by Foster the People.
“My friends were going out last night and I still haven’t heard from them,” he sings in “See You in the Afterlife,” a tune that has scary newspaper headlines, an empty Colosseum and even a reference to the war in Ukraine. “It’s like we’ve all been hypnotized.
Like the last collection, Foster the People has glistening pop beside complex tuners, with many of the songs eventually dipping into experimental territory or heavy distortion, like the unconventional flute solo on “Sometimes I Wanna Be Bad” and the hard-to-love “Glitchzig,” which goes through a half-dozen time signatures, shrieking trumpet and elements of antiseptic Kraftwerk.
“I look at myself through a broken lens,” he sings in the song, so spacey that it’s almost a prayer. “Try my best to keep from unravelling.” You and us both, brother. Along the way, he’s given us another diamond.
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