After spending the post-collegiate summer of 2003 getting drunk at other people's weddings, Lewis Pesacov and Matt Popieluch decided it was high time to start yet another band. The two met while attending San Francisco State University and had been playing together for a handful of years in various incarnations. After playing a few shows, Lewis and Matt went down to Los Angeles to clean up their rough demos with Lewis' longtime friend Ariel Rechtshaid, who suggested they re-record the demos with himself on bass and Garrett Ray on drums. The results were promising enough for Lewis and Matt to quit their menial jobs and move down to LA that spring where the current line-up of Foreign Born was, yes, born. The band released their 'In the Remote Woods' EP on Startime International in the summer of 2005, followed by the limited edition 'Loud Times in the Valley' EP on local LA label Grand Gallop, and followed that with their first proper full-length, 'On the Wing Now' on Dim Mak Records. The band is currently preparing to release their second album, 'Person to Person' in June of 2009 on Secretly Canadian Records. The band recorded the album themselves, marrying the warmth of analog tape and the ease of digital recording for a rich, sonically adventurous LP.

3/13/09 - Black Iris Music is releasing two new seven-inches at this year's SXSW festival in Austin, Texas; a reissue of Fool's Gold's popular (and now out of print) Surprise Hotel in brand new Lakers-inspired colors, as well as Foreign Born's Vacationing People, from their forthcoming album 'Person to Person.' Both bands will be playing the festival at the times below. Also performing will be past Black Iris 7" participants Bad Veins, whose Black Iris-produced album will be out shortly on Dangerbird Records.

Bad Veins:
Wed 3/18 1:40 PM
Maggie Mae's, Spaceland Party

Thu 3/19 8:00 PM
Cedar Door, Myspace Showcase

Fri 3/20 3:30 PM
Dominican Joe's Coffee Shop

Fool's Gold:
Wed 3/18 10:45 PM
Dirty Dog, ASCAP Showcase

Thu 3/19 3:30 PM
Red 7, F Yeah Fest Showcase

Fri 3/20 4:45 PM
Design Within Reach, Everloving Party

Sat 3/21 3:00 PM
Copa Patio, J Dub/Birthright Israel Party

Foreign Born
Thu 3/19 10:00 PM
Mohawk, Secretly Canadian Showcase