Foreign Born
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{{notability|Music|date=September 2022}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Foreign Born
| image =
| caption =
| alias =
| origin = San Francisco, California, U.S.
| genre = Folk rock
| years_active = 2003–2011
| label = StarTime International Records, Secretly Canadian,
Dim Mak Records
| associated_acts = Rogue Wave, Jason Collett, Cold War Kids, Giant Drag, We Are Scientists, Steve Aoki
| website =
| current_members = Lewis Pesacov
Ariel Rechtshaid
Matt Popieluch
Garrett Ray
| past_members =
}}
Foreign Born was an American folk rock band, formed in San Francisco in 2003.
The band self-released its first 12" single ("We Had Pleasure" b/w "Escape"), and then its first EP In the Remote Woods through StarTime International Records. While touring the US and UK with Rogue Wave, Jason Collett, Cold War Kids, Giant Drag and We Are Scientists, Foreign Born recorded its first full-length album, On the Wing Now, in fall and winter 2005, and self-released 500 or so copies that were sold on the tours, and officially released the album with Dim Mak on August 21, 2007. The band appeared in Spin magazine in October 2007. Another album, Person to Person, was released on June 23, 2009, by the Secretly Canadian record label.
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References
{{Reflist|refs=
| first = Emma
| last = Lind
| title = Artist of the Day: Foreign Born
| date = July 27, 2007
| website = Spin
| url = https://www.spin.com/2007/07/foreign-born/
| accessdate = September 28, 2017}}
| first = Niall
| last = O’Keeffe
| title = Album review: Foreign Born - Person to Person
| date = June 11, 2009
| website = NME
| url = http://www.nme.com/reviews/album/reviews-foreign-born-10556
| accessdate = September 28, 2017}}
| first = Mike
| last = Powell
| title = The Band Leader
| date = December 12, 2013
| website = Grantland
| url = http://grantland.com/features/ariel-rechtshaid-producer-vampire-weekend-haim-sky-ferreira-snoop-lion-justin-bieber/
| accessdate = September 28, 2017}}
| first = Jeff
| last = Weiss
| title = Matt Popieluch on Foreign Born
| date = July 7, 2009
| website = LA Weekly
| url = http://www.laweekly.com/music/matt-popieluch-on-foreign-born-2160536
| accessdate = September 28, 2017}}
| first = August
| last = Brown
| title = Producer Lewis Pesacov helms L.A.'s sounds of summer
| date = July 15, 2010
| website = Los Angeles Times
| url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/07/lewis-pesacov-helms-las-sounds-of-summer.html
| accessdate = September 28, 2017}}
| first = David
| last = Bevan
| title = Foreign Born: Person to Person Album Review
| date = July 23, 2009
| website = Pitchfork
| url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13123-person-to-person/
| accessdate = September 28, 2017}}
|title = Foreign Born Rides Into The Sunset, Send Off with a New Song
|date = August 2, 2011
|website = Secretly Canadian
|url = http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2011/08/foreign-born-ride-into-the-sunset-send-off-with-a-new-song/
|accessdate = September 28, 2017
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141221102203/http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2011/08/foreign-born-ride-into-the-sunset-send-off-with-a-new-song/
|archive-date = December 21, 2014
|url-status = dead
}}
}}
External links
- [http://secretlycanadian.com/ Secretly Canadian] - the band's record label
- [https://myspace.com/foreignborn Foreign Born] on Myspace
- [https://archive.today/20130203073310/http://www.stereosubversion.com/features/foreign-born-12-27-2007/ Foreign Born interview at StereoSubversion.com]
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