Ex Go-Between Robert Forster all too humbly paints himself as a modest talent next to his late foils melodic genius, yet this eighth solo outing is packed as ever with minimal, carefully chiselled, acoustic-thrumming arrangements, topped by extraordinary lyric writing.

Forster produces some of the most direct and affecting songs of his singular career with his observational directness and simple language always in service to the deep feeling in his songs which are are honest, deep, and direct, but never heavy-handed.

Mostly, The Candle and the Flame finds Forster taking stock of his long and storied life, and grasping at some of the many moments of love and beauty he experienced along the way.

Tracklist:
She’s A Fighter
Tender Years
It’s Only Poison
The Roads
I Don’t Do Drugs I Do Time
Always
There’s A Re