Bio
Some songwriters invest themselves in the melody, creating a tune that carries emotions and influences the mood of an audience. Others prefer to craft lyrics explicitly laying their feelings bare for the listener or fashioning stories that express their thoughts. All too few are the musicians who can do both, but Andrew Foster stands deservedly in their company.
Only a young man, Foster has already created waves, not only in his hometown of Portsmouth, but up and down the South Coast and on his regular trips to London to play at some of the capitals most popular venues.. With a strong set of songs crafted in intimate venues, Andrew has long written in a way that takes elements from his strongest influences, names like Neil Young, Ryan Adams, and underrated Brit David Ford, and threads them through his own stories and tunes to create a unique sound that reflects the life he leads through the simple beauty of voice and guitar.
Working alongside Loz and, more recently, Chris B Of The Bang Whitear, Foster has rapidly become a central cog of a rapidly growing Portsmouth music scene that has at its centre a core of experimental musicians, each working with the other and drawing collective and individual experiences and influences together to create a mood of encouraging and friendly competitiveness.
From the opening soundscapes of Personal Legend, setting the feelings Foster had from reading Paulo Coelhos The Alchemist (no relation to Fosters song of the same name, written long before hed picked up the book) His music almost begs to be listened to on an old stereo, a disc of vinyl spinning in a darkened room, the better to properly absorb the music pouring out. Mostly produced by himself and with a quick work rate, the recordings often occupy an honest nature and personal space
With countless supports including, Stephen Fretwell, Hard FI, Mumford & Sons, Merz, Mark Morris, Chris Helm, Nik Kershaw, MC Fly!!!, Beth Rowley, John Power, Natalie Imbruglia, David Ford & many more. He to be heard to truly understand the wealth of technique, lyrical dexterity and, most importantly emotional investment, involved!
Matt Merrit (Artrocker, The News)
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