Kane Young

as a commercial jingle writer.

The group’s big break came in 2010 when Foster’s song went viral. became a huge commercial crossover hit the following year, reaching No.3 on the

Hot 100. It featured on Foster the People’s debut album and led to the group scoring three Grammy Award nominations.

Their second album featuring the lead single — followed in 2014.

In July this year Foster the People released — the band’s first release since guitarist Sean Cimino and longtime touring keyboardist Isom Innis became fully fledged members. Leaving the organic, acoustic sound

behind, fuses elements of neo-psychedelia, punk, funk, soul, electronic, dance and hip-hop while still maintaining signature Foster the People indie-pop sound.

Foster said the group’s live shows of — have “become a seamless spiritual performance” since the album was released.

“I would say that the last three or four months is the best we’ve ever been live,” he said.

“I feel like we’ve been clicking on a level that I’ve been working towards since we started the band.

“In the last few months there’s just something happening, it feels really special. We can go places musically and not have to look at each other or cue each other, we’re just instinctively following.

“We’ll step off the cliff together at the same time, and there’s no better feeling than that. It’s pretty rare, at least in my experience of playing in different bands.” Foster said tracks from

such as and “have added a tonne” to the group’s live show. “We’re painting with some different