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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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  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
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  1. Aug 16, 2024
    80
    ‘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.
  2. Aug 16, 2024
    80
    With Paradise State of Mind, Foster the People have made an end-of-summer album full of cathartic grooves.
  3. 80
    Paradise 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.
  4. Aug 16, 2024
    76
    With 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.
  5. Uncut
    Aug 16, 2024
    70
    Foster'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]
  6. Record Collector
    Sep 10, 2024
    40
    Undeniably well-crafted as the hooks are, over a whole album they sound hollow and forced. [Oct 2024, p.101]