We met Foy Vance for the first time at the Greenbelt Festival where we was wowing crowds with a serious of beautifully crafted acoustic sets mixing guitar, voice and his loop machine. By far one of the stand out performers of the festival we’ve been loving on his album Hope ever since.
From the Press Release
Usual tags such as ‘singer-songwriter’, ‘folk-soul’, ‘troubadour’ are perceived with a considerable amount of cynicism these days, especially since the music scene has been saturated with middle of the road artists, marketed as such by traditional record label formulae. Someone with a discerning ear and trust in their own taste should be able to spot who’s the real deal and who’s not.
His debut album ‘Hope’ is now completed and a close listen demonstrates that Foy is a truly unique talent belonging to a calibre of artists that stand the test of time. The recording process has been very organic and spontaneous capturing the live element and the rawness of Foy’s performance. In his own words: ‘I recorded the album on the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland in a cottage I hired up there. I’ve used studios in the past and I’ve always found them a bit difficult when it comes to really getting into the vibe so I figured – I’ll just buy the recording gear I need, hire a cottage, stick a piano in it and record. The whole idea was NOT TO have a design and let the album produce itself. Every night we’d get the fire burning, open a bottle of wine put some mics up and record. A lot of what came out of that is what the album is’.
‘An unbelievable voice…in the premier league of British songwriters’
The Sunday Times
‘The missing link between Richie Havens and Stevie Wonder’
The Independent
‘A gospel fuelled Pearl Jam’
What’s On In London
‘Foy’s a giant’
Pete Townshend