Description:
Quirky, mesmerizing and enchanting, Shona's dark, brooding and seductive voice soars over tantalizing and intricate arrangements of violin, percussion and bass, giving rise to a sound akin to Ella Fitzgerald and Tom Waits on Tim Burton's casting couch.
“"Haunting" is a word too often used in reviews, especially where singer-songwriters are concerned. In the case of Shona Foster, however, it's a word that barely begins to describe her delicately unnerving music. Like Portishead ditching the drum machines or Kate Bush holidaying in the Balkans, there is more than a flutter of gothic romance: the architectural tangents taken by piano, violins, oboe and of course Shona's despairing vocal, are enough to silence the noisiest of rooms....”
