Foreign Born

From: Los Angeles, CA
RIYL: Echo & The Bunnymen, Arcade Fire, Talking Heads

mp3: Foreign Born – “Vacationing People”

Foreign Born’s Person to Person is likely to go down as one of the year’s most overlooked records, despite receiving a very favorable 7.9 from Pitchfork. A couple tenths of a point higher and the record would have gotten the “Best New Music” label that seems to launch records into indie success. What the LA band is doing so well is infusing afro rhythms and percussions into Echo & The Bunnymen style rock. It’s not anything totally new, but they’re doing it really well.