Described as “Contemporary and timeless…” by THE NEW YORK TIMES, and “Quietly brilliant…” by THE IRISH TIMES, Jeffrey Foucault mines the darker seams of American music to create a haunting and visceral collision of rock, country, folk, and blues. In two decades on the road across the United States and Europe he’s released a string of critically acclaimed albums showcasing a tersely elegant brand of songwriting, moving seamlessly between full-throated rock’n’roll and plaintive, intimate solo pieces to inhabit the borderlands of heartbreak and memory. Says THE WASHINGTON POST, “This is rock-and-roll in the key of country-noir: bleak visions of departed lovers, flickering TVs and empty landscapes underlined by pedal steel guitar and cello”. Says THE NEW YORK TIMES, “He invokes the silent watches of the night in pre-electronic American consciousness.” Alone with a ’47 Gibson, or fronting his five-piece band, Foucault combines wide-open electricity with brooding spaciousness, sharply observed detail with bone-deep poignancy. THE UNIVERAL FIRE, Foucault’s eighth full-length collection of original songs, will be released in 2024.
