Andrew Foster is something of a favourite of ours here at Call Upon The Author, some may even accuse us of favouritism, though they’d be wrong, the reason we like Foster so much is because of his consistently high quality output.
As such, it was with more than a little excitement that we contemplated listening to Andrew’s second album on a bleary Monday morning journey into work. The immediate thought was that leaps and bounds have been made in terms of production, this is a bolder piece perhaps influenced a little by the quality of other artists in Portsmouth like B of the Bang, Dawn Chorus and Foster’s sometime colleague Loz Bridge. Whatever the reasons what we have here is an intriguing album that plays out as one long piece more so than a bunch of disparate tracks.
Opener Evil Tree is an atmospheric beast and sets the tone perfectly for an album that, despite Foster’s subtle vocals, has a brooding presence. The real highlight here though is the title track, from the Eastern influences (I’m not sure that an actual sitar, but at the least it’s an impressive approximation) that lend the track an other worldly air against the simple instrumentation elsewhere to the menacing and claustrophobic feel as the music ebbs and swirls about the ears, this is a truly great track!
So, Foster remains an artist this site is proud to champion and one that we heartily recommend you check out!
Check out Andrew Foster’s music at: www.myspace.com/andrewfostermusic
