Foy Vance - Signs Of Life

Released 10th September 2021.

Signs Of Life is the sound of a beloved singer-songwriter at the peak of his powers. Its also the sound of a man a husband, a father, a sinner, a drinker belatedly coming to terms with his demons. Driven by powerful percussion, Time Stand Still features a soaring, emotive vocal from Foy Vance, who was struggling with an addiction to alcohol and painkillers at the time of writing.

Signs Of Life was recorded in three locations: Foy Vances Pilgrim studio at home on the shores of Loch Tay in Highland Perthshire, another recording set-up in a nearby Dunvarlich House, and at Plan Bs Kings X studio in London. The album was written and played more or less entirely by Vance, with able assistance from young Northern Irish producer Gareth Dunlop. Serendipitously, Dunlop had been inspired on his career path by a chance encounter with Vance many years before.

Created out of the grimness of 2020, Si