Summertime pool music

Foster the People has been rocking hipsters, tweenies and PTA members straight off their poolside loungers since the band’s first single, “Pumped Up Kicks,” hit the airwaves.  
The entire album of “Torches” is as addicting as the single in an almost guilty fashion. However, this reviewer is perfectly fine with being decadently satisfied.

Growing up with the Beach Boys, it’s difficult not to draw a correlation between the two Cali pop-rock bands, although decades separate them.

With their vocal harmonies and contagious riffs, this L.A. based group practically teleports the sun drenched beaches of California straight to the listeners on every cut.

The preliminary track, “Helena Beat,” serves the listener a heaping dollop of synth noise crafted to get the listener on their feet. Once that task has been accomplished, the arguable summer anthem, “Pumped Up Kicks,” shimmies into the listeners’ ears.

The happy-go-lucky whistling laced over a perfectly syncopated snare will have the listener percolating in seconds. These peppy vibrations are heard from the beginning song, all the way up through the last track “Warrant.”

Perhaps the album comes off a bit shallow, but that’s the fantastic thing about the summer time: no worries.

Grab a Sierra Nevada, iPod speakers and go blast “Torches” by the most readily available pool.