Andrew Foster’s “Where The Sea Meets The Sky” is due out 29 September and you’ll want this one! I got a copy a few days ago in advance, and wow, how sweet it is!
“After releasing the acclaimed ‘Check Signal Aspect’ EP in the summer of 2015, Andrew was exploring a much purer folk sound that led to Art Centre gigs around the country and an increasingly comfortable musical progression. Fast forward to 2016 and the result is ‘Where The Sea Meets The Sky’ – a raw, honest, cohesive 8 track collection, which marries the thought provoking concepts of modern folk-tales and their crossover into our actual lives. It’s a beautifully honest but still accessible record, fusing contemporary writing into the spirit of the classic acoustic albums of the 70’s.
Exploring Andrew’s love of the South Coast and its cultures; opener ‘When The Mist Swept Through the Town’ is a dark lament of the repercussions of the destruction of our natural habitat and it fighting back to seek revenge. With just man and guitar it’s a striking opener which leads onto the melancholic musing on the human condition ‘The Lives We’ve Led Before’ inspired after watching some men fight on top of a multi-story car park!
‘Moondial’ then takes its cues from an old live favourite ‘The Garden’ a psychedelic reinterpretation of a recurring dream with its trance-like drone and dream state melodies. ‘Arcades & Crashing Waves’ is also quickly becoming a live favourite encapsulating the Art Deco decay of English seaside culture and the celebration of it.
Nightwalkers’ Is a menacing whisper about the thieves of the night before the time of proper street lighting. ‘Parachute’ is the dreamy love-song that Neil Young never wrote, intimate yet anthemic; peddling the fine line between the two. ‘The Ghost Of Buster Crabb’ is a modern day folk song Inspired by the Portsmouth ghost tales of the disappearance of MI6 frogman ‘Buster’ potentially triggering the Cold War. This is the perfect fairytale fodder for Andrew’s love of bringing a subject to life in song. Which brings us to the final track on the album ‘Down The Rabbit Hole’ a twisting, trippy and dark tale of the dangers of addiction, tempting you into the twisted influence of Alice in Wonderland.”
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