- alternative rock, indie pop, rock, electronic
- 39 min
- 10 tracks
- Columbia
Torches is the debut studio album by American indietronica band Foster the People, released on May 23, 2011, by Startime International and Columbia Records. In 2010, the group parlayed the popularity of frontman Mark Foster's song "Pumped Up Kicks" into a record deal with Startime International, and wrote the album to back the song's popularity.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 69/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 6.3/10
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- The Austin Chronicle4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- The Guardian2/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork6.2/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin7/10
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Tracks
- 1Helena Beat4:36
- 2Pumped Up Kicks3:60
- 3Call It What You Want4:01
- 4Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)2:56
- 5Waste3:26
- 6I Would Do Anything for You3:35
- 7Houdini3:23
- 8Life on the Nickel3:36
- 9Miss You3:36
- 10Warrant5:23
10 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Foster the People
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 2011
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- ZA
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