Following a series of captivating videos & single releases, brooding DIY pop artist FOE aka 21-year-old, Hannah Clark is a top tip for 2012 and she’s just released details of her debut album. FOE’s new album, ‘Bad Dream Hotline’, will be released 16th January on Vertigo records.
For a shy girl from Hampshire who admits that she’s “not much of a people person” and that she’s happiest writing music on her own in her bedroom, its boldness is instant.
After being forced to move away from her hometown at 14, Clark decided to vent all her teenage angst in music. Diving head first into the local music scene, she formed and dismantled a string of local bands, but soon decided she wanted to write alone. It wasn’t until she found a second-hand organ in a charity shop for £40, and started laying that over the skeletons of songs that the sound of FOE and subsequently, ‘Bad Dream Hotline’ came to fruition. ‘Bad Dream Hotline’, produced by Entrepreneurs, mixed by Dan Grech (The Vaccines, Howling Bells) and Mike Crossey (Arctic Monkeys, Foals) is an infusion of Clark’s twisted fairy tales that mirror her real life experiences, nightmares and subsequent vulnerability.
Staying true to her 90’s DIY routes, Clark has produced limited edition fanzines, featuring characters from the album; The Deep Water Heartbreaker and Handsome Stranger are brought to life on the pages of her zines. A wonderfully twisted prospect live, FOE has been busy pulverising headline UK tours and support slots for the likes of Atari Teenage Riot, Ghostpoet, Metronomy, Entrepreneurs and Kap Bambino.
Catch FOE live:
27th Nov @ Old Blue Last22nd Dec @ Electricity Showrooms
