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- Summary: The fourth full-length release from Los Angeles indie pop band Foster The People is the final album with guitarist Sean Cimino.
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- Record Label: Atlantic
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Aug 16, 2024‘Paradise State of Mind’ is a coming-of-age record, a band lyrically at the peak of the powers who will take you somewhere to ponder and dance in another dimension.
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Aug 16, 2024With Paradise State of Mind, Foster the People have made an end-of-summer album full of cathartic grooves.
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Aug 16, 2024Paradise State of Mind is a refreshing modern offering from the LA-duo, their numbers may have dwindled by half, but their sound is bigger than ever.
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Aug 16, 2024With the influx of diverse instrumentation and delightfully wacky songwriting/production choices, Paradise State of Mind may actually be their most accomplished album to-date – either way, it’s definitely their most entertaining.
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UncutAug 16, 2024Foster's processed vocals roam the album's glossy surfaces and robotic grooves, evoking Prince and Daft Punk, while the widescreen title track and the trippy "Glitchzig" sound like outtakes from the Tron soundtrack. [Sep 2024, p.32]
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Record CollectorSep 10, 2024Undeniably well-crafted as the hooks are, over a whole album they sound hollow and forced. [Oct 2024, p.101]