“Drums clatter, pianos lilt and on the outstanding Bad Intentions, fingers click. There’s an air of menace throughout, but it’s allied to a sense of adventure. Where We’ll Go features what sounds very much like a male voice choir and clavichord; Be Bold is as bold as Florence and The Machine and No.34 is an all out pop stomper. The Yorkshire-raised lass is a real find”

‘A beguiling journey through a plethora of dynamic musical landscapes… a master class of instrumentation and arrangement’

“Epic…her debut album aches with longing…it’s hard to stop listening to it on repeat”

“She has baroque bravado in spades and often revels in the dramatic”

“A beautiful intriguing sound….bewitching”

“Single of the fortnight: Shona Foster’s Hard Work EP (Beach Hut), which ambitiously, but successfully, fuses Tori Amos with Kate Bush”

“A truly haunting force to be reckoned with, her band replete with twinkling classical pianist sound like nobody else, A must see. 9/10”

“Hard Work sounds like it is only slightly less comprised of fairies and wood nymphs than a Joanna Newsome album….. after a quick listen to Hard Work I feel like donning a tunic and toasting the upcoming autumnal equinox.”

“Fascinating….compelling…extraordinary….an absolute monster”

“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”

“…With wide and optimistic eyes and superbly strong vocals, she lulls us into a mind-set that takes you into another land”

“I first caught Shona and her band a few months ago and felt for the first time in years that I was watching something that was 100% destined for major success. One of the finest voices you will ever hear”

“Do not be surprised if, one year from now, you hear Shona Foster’s songs played over TV commercials, movie drama’s et al. The earthy romanticism of Foster’s vocal performance proved tenderly atmospheric, with a backing band of five: strings, percussion, and piano, which incidentally, carried Shona’s set to a T… an infectious melodic harmony that takes some beating”

“A truly haunting beautiful voice. Simply stunning”

“The saucy, sultry yet sinister soup that is Shona Foster….. Kate Bush is an obvious influence here or perhaps a stripped back Nick Cave & the Badseeds. Her voice is powerful yet controlled with the minimal, at times fairytale inspired instrumentation complementing her vocals perfectly. This mix of quirkiness with dark undertones puts me in mind of a Tim Burton directed version of Little Red Riding Hood. My appetite has been whet”

“…Like Ella Fitzgerald on Viagra”

“Reigning in the vocal idiosyncrasies that make the likes of Regina Spektor such an acquired taste, Foster focuses on strong tunes with the odd dip into loud, full on rock crescendo. The end result is spectacular”