Video: Foster the People Performs "Pumped Up Kicks"

As heard on Like Sugar podcast 38 here .

I'm not gonna lie, I was worried that "Pumped Up Kicks" would sound terrible live. The song  seems very layered and the production seemed like it would be hard to recreate in a live performance. With that said, the Foster The People live performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night was decent, but it did lack the overall greatness of this track. Check out the performance and judge for yourself. It still sounds good, but almost as if the band is covering...their own song? If that makes any sense.

Here is Foster the People hitting up Jimmy Kimmel last night performing their songs "Pumped Up Kicks" (above), "Helena Beat" and "Warrant" (below) all from their brand new album Torches which came out today. Check out the album versions of "Pumped Up Kicks" and "Helena Beat" below as well. "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People from Torches "Helena Beat" by Foster the People from [...]

Watch 'Pumped Up Kicks' below. Catch 'em on their North American tour. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks