FOREIGN BORN NATIONAL TOUR DATES WITH ST. VINCENT!

Foreign Born Live
with St. Vincent

Feb 15 - LA, CA @ The Echo
Feb 16- Santa Barbara, CA - Velvet Jones
Feb 17 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Feb 18 - Portland , OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
Feb 19 - Seattle, WA @Neumo’s
Feb 22- Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Club
Feb 23 - Chicago, IL @Schuba’s
Feb 24 – Columbus, OH @ Ohio State U Wexner Ctr.
Feb 25 - Pittsburgh, PA @Andy Warhol Museum
Feb 26 - DC, Washington DC @The Rock & Roll Hotel
Feb 27 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Feb 28 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Feb 29 – NYC @ Bowery Ballroom
Mar 1 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East

Photo by: Jen Maler

"If you love Band of Horses and Peter Bjorn and John, then you will absolutely dig this band. Their style ranges from haunting, ambient tunes to head-bobbin', foot-stompin' anthems. There are so many layers to their sound; it was exciting to see it all come together live." - MTV NEWS

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2007 was indeed an impressive year for the band you have most heard of, Foreign Born. The bar has been set pretty high for 2008 and not being ones to shy away from a challenge, they are going full steam ahead with a bevy of US tour dates with St. Vincent next month.

Click Here To Watch Foreign Born Live @ The Roxy

Live, Foreign Born is a completely different beast up on stage, dousing the audience in psychedelic symphonies coupled with a rare intensity in their delivery that simply elevates them into a whole new stature of rock and roll music and performance. Don’t be fooled by their laid back Californian stance in this musical arena we dwell, for this quartet have grown from a humble LA based buzz band, signed to Steve Aoki ’s Dim Mak label back in early 2007, they soon soared into becoming a well respected and critically acclaimed force to be reckoned with since the release of their impeccably infectious debut “On The Wing Now”. This debut album is one you’ll be pulling off the shell or up on your iTunes for years to come. The timeless structures and songwriting of On The Wing Now, produced by the band themselves, makes it so special as it ebbs and flows like a true classic. Taking the listener on a journey reminiscent to ones the likes of The Velvet Underground, U2, Snow Patrol, Jesus & Marychain and Dylan have taken you before over the years.

“On The Wing Now reveals the band’s fell for anthemic 80’s rock shaded by complex arrangements and cathartic moments that make the likes of... Arcade Fire so appealing.” – LA Times, Kevin Bronson

This is no cock and bull publicist tactic at over hyping a band/tour/album, we at Magnum have always taken pride in our selective approach towards working with certain bands and we’re definitely patting ourselves on the back for this one, you will be too when you get to see them live on stage this coming February.

“Affirming their true staying power by showing critics and music lovers that their music, songwriting and live performances have the realistic potential to grow into a band of stadium stature, on a par with the likes of Arcade Fire, Snow Patrol dare we say, U2. Over time, the objective would be to gather quality exposure through the press and with tours as opposed to a less thought out quantity driven hot air, buzzed banter band of the moment. - Pitchfork

Amidst all the day-glow-indie-electro-madness of the summer of 2007, expectations were somewhat modest at first but press and music fans soon began to realize that Foreign Born were the real indie “roughs” amongst the painfully hip sea of neon and synthesizers. With the release of On The Wing Now and a select amount of live shows that followed, they soon affirmed that they are a band who’ll be sticking around far longer than any trend of the moment that so many get sucked into.

"On The Wing Now" Out Now (Dim Mak)

“(On The Wing Now)… is a jangly, ‘60s-via-2007 mash-up that recalls Brian Jonestown Massacre… Laced with dreamy synth and shimmering echoes, from the anthemic refrain of opener “Union Hall to the droning Jesus & Mary Chain pulse of the epic “The Nights Tall.” - NYLON

“Top ten of the year? …this is definitely a contender.” – The Tripwire

“Earnestness this effective is difficult, but the bands clear eyed victory rock carries them.” - Spin

“This record is amazing.” - SLAP

“Epic Californians” - Sentimentalist

“Holy Splinter” and “Union Hall” hint at the band’s ability to write massive songs with an added visceral punch... the band might as well keep reaching for the stars…and hopefully this baby U2 someday grows into an anthemic monolith of its own.” - Pitchfork

Featured on Fuel TV Fall ‘07, then on the hit NBC series Chuck (

) with a cameo appearance on the first episode, their next stop would be to swoon the CMJ contingency off their feet and blow critics away with an array of showcases and another “cameo” for front man Matt who played bongos during Young Folks for his good friends (and big fans of Foreign Born) Peter and Bjorn.

Click here to hear P, B & J picks and ultimate shout out for 2007.

“If someday Los Angeles' Foreign Born conquer Earth and devote their time aiding third-world countries, I'm betting On the Wing Now enjoys a similar treatment. Full of vast, powerful tunes that take an earnest aim at the human condition, the band's full-length debut builds on the potential of their previous two EPs while tapping a more varied array of musical influences…” – Pitchfork

After a whirlwind east coast visit they returned to their home of Los Angeles only to be invited by LA’s #1 radio show Feel My Heat on Indie 103, they joined Danny Masterson and Brent Bolthouse for an hour of live performance and banter then shortly thereafter they were featured in the LA Times as “Band of the Year” this past fall, then again in Spins Buzzcatcher last November.

“Percussion-loaded pop ballads, hypnotic bridges and danceable rock edges… new millennium Echo and the Bunnymen pop before sliding into a Raconteurs-style jam.” – Spin.