THE DAVE FOSTER BAND | Maybe They’ll Come Back For Us album cover artwork
THE DAVE FOSTER BAND
MAYBE THEY’LL COME BACK FOR US new album
CD | LP
out 31.05.24
(English Electric Recordings) UK REVIEWS
“Tasteful restraint and carefully crafted dynamics….but ultimately it’s the polished songcraft that makes this album a memorable listen”
PROG
“Gives us dashes of so many different styles – mature guitar rock, indie, modern prog, ‘80s….it’s mighty fine”
FIREWORKS
“This is pop-prog at its slickest, the virtuosity never getting in the way of accessible songwriting. It’s damn close to perfect 9/10”
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Bandcamp | UK/Europe | North America digital
out 28.06.24
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STEVE ROTHERY (Marillion) | MARK KING (Level 42)
NEIL FAIRCLOUGH (Queen + Adam Lambert)
CARLY BRYANT (ex BIG BIG TRAIN) album teaser video The Anglo-Dutch progressive pop act The Dave Foster Band have released the LP and CD formats of their third album today (31st May). The intriguingly titled and dynamic sounding ‘Maybe They’ll Come Back For Us’ is helmed by acclaimed guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Dave Foster and vocalist Dinet Poortman, but also features guitarist Steve Rothery of Marillion (a long-term friend of both) and bassist Mark King of Level 42, as well as regular guest musicians that include bassist Neil Fairclough (Queen + Adam Lambert), drummer Leon Parr (Steve Rothery Band), pianist Anthony Hindley and string arranger Stephen Boyce Buckley. The singles ‘Sleep Spindles’ and ‘Delicate Things’ have preceded the release of the album. Foster explains that Sleep spindles “are a specific brain wave pattern that researchers believe is a process that our brains use for long term memory consolidation and sensory processing. When I first read the phrase I wrote it down as a potential song title.” As for ‘Delicate Things’, he continues: “I’m a big Muse fan and wanted to have a crashing power chord thing going on, but it’s Dinet’s melody lines that make this song work so well for me. She’s great at weaving good melodies through my odd chord changes.” Poortman adds that the song “is about how precious life is, and that the things that really matter are the small things. We can sometimes get so wrapped up in our own perception of life that we forget that everything worthwhile is actually free.”  
SLEEP SPINDLES stream | video DELICATE THINGS stream | video
The cover artwork for ‘Maybe They’ll Come Back For Us’ features a distinctive and highly colourful photograph by Japan-based Tsuki Kitsune. “I found him by chance on Instagram and as soon as I looked at his profile I knew I’d found something special. He was great to deal with and I think that the cover is one of the best photographs I’ve ever seen,” Foster concludes. MAYBE THEY’LL COME BACK FOR US
TRACKLISTING
1 Sleep Spindles
2 Talent To Failure
3 Pollyanna
4 These Tendencies
5 The Optimist
6 Queen Of Maybe
7 Delicate Things
8 Whirling Of Whales 
BIOGRAPHY
Founded in 2017, The Dave Foster Band has its origins in earlier collaborations between Dave Foster and Dinet Poortman. They were initially introduced by mutual friend Steve Rothery of Marillion and had both been members of previous acts who separately supported that group. Foster also plays in the Steve Rothery Band and has recently been a member of leading multinational prog act Big Big Train. Given that Foster is based in the UK and Poortman the Netherlands, their first tentative steps were an experiment to see if they could work together effectively, but a number of co-written songs that appeared on Foster’s solo albums ‘Gravity’ (2011) and ‘Dreamless’ (2016) proved they had musical chemistry. As The Dave Foster Band, they supported both Rothery and Marillion on European/UK tours while working on their debut album, ‘Nocebo’, which was released in 2019. Its follow-up, ‘Glimmer’, was issued in 2023 and was a cornucopia of musical delights appealing not only to fans of guitar-based rock on several songs that balanced dazzling technique with great restraint, but also fans of crossover acts as varied as Air and The Anchoress on other piano-led tracks. 
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