I think this may have slipped past me a bit, but here’s a previously unreleased track from the LA three man band, Foster The People. Whilst the track seems to have been floating around the internet in various forms (mainly live recordings) for a few months now, it was formally released 12 days ago on their Soundcloud account. Since then, it seems to have gone under the radar a bit with only 4,500 plays so far.

It’s a very laid back track, and seems to tackle some uncharacteristically heavy topics in Mark Foster’s lyrics. In the song he is singing to Ruby, a single mother trying to help her overcome her depression. Considering the band normally tackles difficult subjects such as “pumped up kicks”, this is a real game changer for them, and shows a bit of the depth that I feel the band has lacked in the past.

I said Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
you gotta start lifting your head up, head up, head up
and I said Ruby, Ruby, Ruby
I know it’s hard but you gotta get out of bed, out of bed, out of bed

Having seen them live in the past I feel like Foster The People have a great unique sound (primarily due to Mark’s vocals), but they often struggle to get below the surface and make a lot of superficial tracks. Ruby is a great precedent that shows what the band are really capable of, and hopefully we’ll see more of this depth in future.

About Felix Morgan

Between the hours of 9-6 I work as a Creative Technologist at Billington Cartmell, a creative ad agency. I’m obsessed with all things new, which led to me working in the innovation team at my company. I’m an absolute media junkie, and try and keep on top of all the latest music, films, TV shows and games, which prompted me to found Control The Riot.

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