Foster The People - Paradise State Of Mind

Indie Store Exclusive Pink Vinyl - RIAA Diamond-certified multi-platinum group Foster The People make their eagerly anticipated Atlantic Records debut, the 3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated band’s first new release in over three years, Foster The People’s long awaited fourth studio album, Paradise State of Mind, arriving August 16.  "The record started as a case study of the late Seventies crossover between disco, funk, gospel, jazz, and all those sounds. It was such a beautiful moment in time, when these different styles of music were cross-referencing each other – artists like Nile Rogers and Chic, the Tom Tom Club and Giorgio Moroder," says Mark Foster.  "I wanted to dive into that and figure out what they were doing. I was also thinking about how that era has musical and social parallels to the time that we're in now, with the giant recession in the Seventies, the political turmoil post-Vietnam, and other major tensions. But then you see these expressions of joy happening through music, a