℗ 2021 Gingerbread Man Records Limited
| Released | September 10, 2021 |
| Duration | 50m 42s |
| Record Label | Atlantic Records UK |
| Genre | Alternative |
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1.1
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Sapling
Foy Vance |
4:17 | |||
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1.2
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We Can't Be Tamed
Foy Vance |
3:03 | |||
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1.3
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Signs of Life
Foy Vance |
5:00 | |||
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1.4
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Roman Attack
Foy Vance |
4:27 | |||
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1.5
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People Are Pills
Foy Vance |
2:11 | |||
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1.6
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Time Stand Still
Foy Vance |
4:39 | |||
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1.7
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If Christopher Calls
Foy Vance |
4:00 | |||
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1.8
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System
Foy Vance |
3:53 | |||
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1.9
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Hair of the Dog
Foy Vance |
2:25 | |||
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1.10
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Resplendence
Foy Vance |
3:44 | |||
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1.11
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Republic of Eden
Foy Vance |
4:59 | |||
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1.12
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It Ain't Over
Foy Vance |
5:42 | |||
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1.13
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Percolate
Foy Vance |
2:22 |
Five years after his first studio album for Ed Sheeran’s Gingerbread Man Records, 2016’s The Wild Swan, Foy Vance has revealed that his follow-up, Signs Of Life, is now released. The new album, Foy’s fourth overall, comes following a pivotal time in his life, during which he confronted his demons.
“I had my first extended period off the road after 20 years of constant touring,” he says. “And I realised, ‘Wow, I drink two bottles of wine and at least a half-bottle of vodka a day.’ I’d start the day with codeine to get myself sorted, and I’d smoke joints throughout the day. So I realised, ‘I have so many incredibly bad habits here.’ I’m showing all the signs of death, getting ashen, grey, smoking more, drinking more… I hit a wall.”
Recording for the album occurred in Foy’s home studio on the shores of Loch Tay in Highland Perthshire, as well as at another set-up in nearby Dunvarlich House and at Plan B’s Kings X studio in London. Written and played more or less entirely by Foy, Signs Of Life features input from young Northern Irish producer Gareth Dunlop, who recalls a chance encounter with the performer set him on his music career path many years earlier.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Atlantic Records UK Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.10 -0.10 to -0.10 | -12.49 -14.80 to -10.93 | -10.16 -11.80 to -9.00 | 7 6 to 9 | |
| 1 | Sapling | -0.10 | -12.31 | -9.8 | 6 |
| 2 | We Can't Be Tamed | -0.10 | -11.90 | -9.4 | 7 |
| 3 | Signs of Life | -0.10 | -12.28 | -10.2 | 7 |
| 4 | Roman Attack | -0.10 | -12.76 | -9.3 | 7 |
| 5 | People Are Pills | -0.10 | -13.83 | -11.8 | 8 |
| 6 | Time Stand Still | -0.10 | -11.61 | -9.8 | 6 |
| 7 | If Christopher Calls | -0.10 | -11.97 | -9.7 | 6 |
| 8 | System | -0.10 | -13.80 | -11.6 | 7 |
| 9 | Hair of the Dog | -0.10 | -12.05 | -9.7 | 7 |
| 10 | Resplendence | -0.10 | -10.93 | -9.0 | 6 |
| 11 | Republic of Eden | -0.10 | -12.43 | -10.0 | 7 |
| 12 | It Ain't Over | -0.10 | -11.68 | -10.2 | 7 |
| 13 | Percolate | -0.10 | -14.80 | -11.6 | 9 |