Josephine Foster‘s new album “Godmother” (28th January) finds her looking towards new horizons as she marries a myriad of previous musical escapades with electronic experiments. While those influences can be heard on her lead single ‘Guardian Angel’ (listen below), Foster’s voice is always present and upfront.
Initially, the meandering sound of synths presents a hypnotic canvas bed that lifts her idiosyncratic vocals still further. It’s not until the instrumental mid-section and a later spoken-word element that you fully appreciate the shift she’s made. As ever, her songs, voice and arrangements carry a unique gravity that is both comforting and other-worldly.
“You may notice me travelling a bit further sonically from our precious earth, aspiring to rise into broader astral perspective, to contemplate the light and origins of it all, as I do believe there is a grand source that is the sum of it all, us all. Performing all the parts on this recording, you may sense me focussing gestures of my singing into the instrumentation, which is a very great relief indeed, as the voice has such grand dreams to be set free.” Josephine Foster
Described as a beautifully observed baroque masterpiece, part dream pop, part futuristic psych-folk with ambient synths and Foster’s plaintive guitar; ‘Godmother’ is released 28th January 2022 on Fire Records.
Pre-Order Godmother (28 January 2022): https://fire-records.lnk.to/JosephineFosterGM
Photo credit: Loren Reimer