Foster The People - Torches

Torches is the debut record from Foster The People released on Columba Records in the UK. Arguably the best album released this year the band, initially a solo project of Mark Foster, has developed into something between an indie rock and a synth pop dancefloor band and their sound is quite difficult to pigeon hole.
Pretty much the entire world has heard Pumped Up Kicks which was also the first song I heard (in Topman!) which lead me to listen to the album on Spotify, and it was that good I brought it on CD more or less within a week of first hearing it.
For a very long time I had this down as my album of the year. It’s such a good album. Extremely catchy songs, and although most people will have heard Pumped Up Kicks, it’s about the most down tempo song on the album and the rest of the record it’s much more upbeat.

Favourite Songs: Helena Beat, Call It What You Want & Houdini