III (Foster the People EP)

III is the third extended play (EP) by American indie pop band Foster the People, released on April 27, 2017, through Columbia Records. It is composed of three songs that precede the band's third full-length studio album, Sacred Hearts Club.

III
EP by
Foster the People
ReleasedApril 27, 2017 (2017-04-27)
Recorded2016–17
Genre
Length11:54
LabelColumbia
Producer
Foster the People chronology
Spotify Sessions
(2014)		 III
(2017)		 Sacred Hearts Club
(2017)
Singles from III
  1. "Doing It for the Money"
    Released: April 27, 2017

Background

In 2016, Foster the People performed three brand new songs at the Rocking the Daisies Music Festival, "Pay the Man", "Lotus Eater", and "Doing It for the Money", and announced that they would be on their upcoming third studio album. On April 5, 2017, the band announced a headlining summer tour in support of the album.[1]

The band released three brand new songs, "Pay the Man", "Doing It for the Money", and "SHC", in the form of the III EP on April 27, 2017.[2] The tracks are also featured on the band's third studio album, Sacred Hearts Club, released on July 21, 2017. The album was the first studio album to feature longtime touring musicians Sean Cimino and Isom Innis as official members.

The band collaborated with OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder, who served as co-writer on the song "Doing It for the Money".

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Pay the Man"3:54
2."Doing It for the Money"3:46
3."SHC"4:14

SHC's length was cut by six seconds on the full album, resulting in a time of 4:08.

Personnel

Foster the People

  • Mark Foster – lead vocals, guitar, drums, percussion, piano, programming, synthesizer, vibraphone, songwriting, production
  • Mark Pontius – drums, percussion, songwriting
  • Sean Cimino – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals
  • Isom Innis – piano, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals, songwriting, production

Additional personnel

  • Ryan Tedder – songwriter
  • Adam Schmalholz – songwriter
  • Keinan Abdi Warsame – songwriter
  • Justin Mohrle – songwriter
  • Derek "MixedByAli" Ali – mixing engineer
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing engineer
  • Chris Galland – mixing engineer
  • Rich Costey – mixing engineer
  • Martin Cooke – mixing engineer
  • Nicolas Fournier – mixing engineer
  • Jeff Jackson – assistant engineer
  • Robin Florent – assistant engineer
  • Cyrus Taghipour – assistant engineer
  • Tyler Page – assistant engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
  • Josh Abraham – producer, songwriter
  • Oliver "Oligee" Goldstein – producer, songwriter
  • Lars Stalfors – producer, songwriter
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References
  1. "Foster the People Drop 3 New Singles, Summer Tour Dates". cbslocal.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "Foster The People on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
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