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Foster The People @ Sweetlife

Posted on May 28, 2014
Foster the People Perform at the 2014 Sweetlife Festival

COLUMBIA, MD - May 10th, 2014 - Mark Foster (left) of Foster the People performs at the 2014 Sweetlife Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. The band released their sophomore album, Supermodel, in March. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

This is going to sound mean, but boring headliners make for boring photos. I hate to hate on Foster The People – I liked “Pumped Up Kicks” as much as anyone – but they aren’t there yet with their stage presence and they just aren’t much to shoot on stage. Mark Foster’s go to stage move is shrugging his shoulders. That says a lot about their energy level as a band. These guys headlined the 2014 Sweetlife Festival and let’s just say they were no Phoenix or The Strokes. Obvs.

COLUMBIA, MD - May 10th, 2014 - Mark Foster (left) of Foster the People performs at the 2014 Sweetlife Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. The band released their sophomore album, Supermodel, in March. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

 

COLUMBIA, MD - May 10th, 2014 - Jacob Fink (middle) of Foster the People performs at the 2014 Sweetlife Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. The band released their sophomore album, Supermodel, in March. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

 

COLUMBIA, MD - May 10th, 2014 - Mark Foster (right) of Foster the People performs at the 2014 Sweetlife Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. The band released their sophomore album, Supermodel, in March. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

 

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