Robert Forster
Inferno
Release Date: Mar 1, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Record label: Tapete Records
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Album Review: Inferno by Robert Forster
Excellent, Based on 5 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
Australian singer and songwriter Robert Forster is an artist seemingly forever relegated to cult status. The Go-Betweens' co-founder has kept a relatively low profile as a recording artist. Since his 1990 solo debut Danger in the Past, he has issued a total of seven albums including Inferno, his first in four years and second in 11. He is also a journalist and author and has appeared as an actor and narrator in films.
Based on rating 4/5
In Kriv Stenders' recent Go-Betweens documentary Right Here, Robert Forster alludes to how his songwriting prowess often benefitted from the bar-raising input of his best friend and co-writer, Grant McLennan. "Suddenly, I could see he was shooting past me when I looked out of the car window," he says of McLennan's telling contributions to Before Hollywood, before reflecting, "I'd caught up to Grant…and maybe passed him again" when discussing the masterful Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express. Right Here reminded us that Forster and McLennan collectively led The Go-Betweens to a series of glorious artistic peaks, which is why they remain so influential over a decade after McLennan's death.
Based on rating 7.7/10
A singer-songwriter with strong affinities for the boho life, Robert Forster has followed few of the dictates of what others might call a career. In the '80s. he wrote an essay explaining what products to use on hair as boring as his. He titled a tune "I Love Myself (And I Always Have)." He records when he has enough songs to fill an album, which these days takes a while.
Opinion: Excellent
Inferno by Robert Forster In his video for "Inferno," the one-time Go-Between drives a lawn mower through a jungly back yard, his lean frame vibrating with energy as he alternates between manic swipes at the greenery and short, sharp, deadpan observations. The song itself is a mad thing, beneath its discretion. Peek under the façade of Forster's uninflected verse, and pianos bang and guitars take crazy, careening curves.
Opinion: Excellent
H ere in Brisbane, the heat has finally broken. For 46 days in a row, the mercury exceeded 30C. The previous record was 27 days, in 2017. While the north has been awash, the wet season here has failed. I'm listening to the title track of the new Robert Forster album. It's called Inferno (Brisbane ….
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