Dear John Freeman,

We have to talk. Fan to fan. Cause clearly, from this article, you are a fan of one Marcus Foster. I get it. Obviously…I mean, look around. Duh.

We’ve seen it time and time again. You find someone you like, you get excited about them and you want to share them with the world. But maybe sometimes in your eagerness you end up what I like to call, “overselling” it.

That is obviously what happened to poor Tiffany Daniels, a fellow writer with you on TLOBF. You were all giddy after your interview with Jesus meets Michael Jackson Marcus that you started telling all the other TLOBF writers about him and consequently Tumble Down. Tiffany must have noticed that Marcus looked like a hot hipster Edward Burns and was like, “Hey John, tell me more!” And then, you oversold it to her and in turn she had no choice but to write this review of the EP.

Or maybe she just didn’t like the album.

Or she hates short pants.

And puppies with soft, soft fur.

I am going with door #1 though. You oversold it to her. It just couldn’t live up to the high expectations that you set for it.

It can’t be because she thinks it’s a rip off of Mumford and Sons, can it? I mean, it says so right on the back of the EP one quick internet search will uncover the fact that Tumble Down is being released on the Communion Record label. And one more clicky of the ol’ mouse would also reveal that Communion Records is an offshoot of the Communion collective that led to the forming of Mumford and Sons back in 2007. I mean, how dare Marcus Foster sound anything like Mumford and Sons?! In the words of Stephanie Tanner, “How rude!“

Mumford!! Don't play with that Marcus Foster cat...he will try and sound JUST like you!

Hey. It happens to the best of us. I told everyone and their grandma that The Hangover was the funniest movie that I had ever scene. That they would DIE laughing from it. That it would change they way they watched “man-movies” from here on out. And yeah, many people came back to me and were like, Dang Gina, it was funny but not THAT funny. So you see, I get it.

The lesson to be learned here is a good one– just send any and all EPs to Amber and I. And you are more than welcome to join us here to fan out any time you want.

Hearts,
LiLi

PS– Amber and I have learned our lesson over the years here at SoS, and we have no doubt that some of you out there will not take this post for what it is…sarcasm. We completely get the fact that not everyone will love Marcus like we do. Thank gawd too, right? We just thought it was awesome how angry the review sounded and how she kept on and on about how much Marcus sounded like Mumford and Sons. I mean, DUH.

But srsly, you have to take the good AND the bad when you are a fan, right?

Now, more importantly, do you think she will send us her copy of the EP? Cause I will sure take it off her hands. No really.