Robert Forster
New Single – ‘Tender Years’
Acclaimed Australian singer/songwriter Robert Forster will release a new single today from his new album ’The Candle And The Flame’ (to be released on 3rd Feb ’23). Entitled ‘Tender Years’, it was written by Robert about Karin Bäumler, his wife and musical companion for the last thirty-two years. ‘Tender Years’ is the second song to be made available from ‘The Candle And The Flame’ and follows previous single ‘She’s A Fighter’.
‘The Candle And The Flame’ consists of 9 songs written by Robert Forster. Produced by Robert, Karin Bäumler and Louis Forster (The Goon Sax), the album was mixed by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey) and features former Go-Betweens and Warm Nights bass player Adele Pickvance as well as Scott Bromiley and Luke McDonald (The John Steele Singers), who worked on Robert’s ‘Inferno’ and ‘Songs To Play’ albums.
Says Robert: “The recording sessions for the album were done sporadically over six months. Sometimes just one or two days a month. As that was all Karin’s strength and condition allowed her to do. So we had to record ‘live’, catching magical moments and going for ‘feel’. And that became the sound of the album.”
Robert Forster’s ‘The Candle And The Flame’ tour will come to the UK and Ireland in 2023. The full list of shows is:
MARCH 2023
11 STRATHAVEN Strathaven Hotel
12 EDINBURGH Mash House
14 YORK Crescent
15 HEBDEN BRIDGE Trades Club
16 WOLVERHAMPTON Newhampton Arts Centre
17 OXFORD Bullingdon
20 LONDON Lafayette
21 BRIGHTON Komedia
23 BELFAST Empire
24 DUBLIN Button Factory
Tickets are available here: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/robert-forster
Robert Forster was the co-founder/songwriter (with Grant McLennan) of much loved Australian group The Go-Betweens, who made 9 albums in the 80s and early 2000s. Robert has released 6 solo albums of original material: Danger In The Past (’90); Calling From A Country Phone (’93); Warm Nights(’96); The Evangelist (’08); Songs To Play (’15); and Inferno (’19). He also released an album of his favourite songs by other artists called I Had a New York Girlfriend (’94). From 2005 to 2013, Forster was the music critic for Australian politics and culture magazine The Monthly. A collection of his music writings was published in 2009, titled, ‘The Ten Rules of Rock and Roll’. In 2016, Forster’s memoir, ‘Grant & I’ was published, winning the Book Of The Year award in Mojo and Uncut.
Robert is currently writing a novel and preparing the release of Volume 3 of The Go-Betweens Boxset series, ‘G Stands For Go-Betweens.’
WHAT THE PAPERS SAID ABOUT ROBERT FORSTER’S 2019 ALBUM ‘INFERNO’
“….exquisitely presented and rendered in the kind of creamy white clarity that will not yellow or crack.” 4* MOJO
“Deliciously wry, effortlessly melodious reflections on ageing, climate change and the debatable consolations of cult status…” UNCUT
“…a vibey, life-affirming record that’s up there with his best.” 4* RECORD COLLECTOR
“…features Forster’s wistful, routinely excellent bohemian songcraft.” 4* MAIL ON SUNDAY
“…one of the most respected artists in the business….a master of perception and winning pop tunes…” 4* THE SUN
ROBERT FORSTER – NEW ALBUM ‘THE CANDLE AND THE FLAME’ –
RELEASE DATE 3rd FEB ’23. PRE-ORDER here: https://orcd.co/robert-forster
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