IF: WE Foy Vance

• 1 Feel The Cold 03:35
• 2 Don't Move 03:28
• 3 Stoke My Fire 04:03
• 4 Know By Now 04:15
• 5 Concubine 04:43
• Total Runtime 20:04

Info for IF: WE

Emmy-winning singer-songwriter Foy Vance releases his eighth studio album. In many ways an autobiography in album form, IF will be released in three parts, with each part arriving as a separate EP as the album unfolds: IF: WE (part 1 coming October 30) and forthcoming parts IF: YOU and IF: I.

Produced by Anderson East (Lukas Nelson, Waylon Wyatt), IF ushers in a new chapter in Vance’s landmark body of work. The album began in a creative resurgence when Vance handed over 100+ songs, some of which featured co-writes from other songwriting luminaries like Lori McKenna, Natalie Hemby, Gabe Simon and Ross Copperman. With the help of East, Vance reimagined these newly discovered and long-hidden gems through the lens of who he is now, revealing new truths in their collective exploration of devotion, grief, longing, and forgiveness. A rare dialogue across time and experience, his eighth album IF presents an intimate meditation on transformation and possibility: the lasting imprints of what we endure, the infinite ways in which love changes us, and the seemingly small choices that end up shaping a life.

For Vance, IF is a word loaded with regret, hope, danger, promise, and transformation. Across these three acts, it becomes the thread connecting a lifetime of songs — and the questions still echoing inside them.

“From a young age I was told that if you want to live your life right and decent, ‘If’ will show you how,” says Vance on the album and its title. “It’s tied to everything I was gleaning from writing these songs over the last 27 years, and in a way it’s like the arc of life itself. You’re born into the ‘we’ of a family, then you find your ‘you’—the person you move through life with. And eventually, if you’re lucky or wise enough, you realize everything begins and ends with ‘I.’”

“Feel The Cold” (out now) was written decades ago during a year he spent living on the Spanish island of Lanzarote in his 20s. The song offers an early glimpse at Vance’s profound gift for holding melancholy and joy in delicate balance, rendering each emotion with both unsparing candor and deep sensitivity. As he enjoyed his summer idyll, surfing and playing gigs, he realized that he ultimately needed to go home, face real life, and the cold of winter if he was really going to move on to his next chapter.

“Feel The Cold” is the first preview of IF: WE – the first of the album’s three EPs that will be released on October 30th. The five-track EP looks at the wider world as Vance examines relationships, homesickness, and the acceptance of failure, all while rooted in Vance’s potent melding of folk and soul.

Foy Vance

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Foy Vance
is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter hailing from Bangor, Northern Island and deeply rooted in the rich musical history and aesthetic of the Southern United States. Traveling through America for much of his youth, Foy eventually settled down in Ireland where he worked to put out his debut album Hope in 2007. Gathering the acclaim of both fans and fellow musicians, Foy was invited to tour worldwide with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Marcus Foster, Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran and Sir Elton John. Foy’s second full-length album, Joy of Nothing, debuted in 2013 on Glassnote Records and was followed up by Foy’s first live recording, Live at Bangor Abbey, recorded in Foy’s hometown.

In late 2015 Foy became only the second artist signing to Gingerbread Man Records, a division of Atlantic Records started by Ed Sheeran. Recording for his Gingerbread Man debut The Wild Swan took place at the legendary Blackbird Studios in Nashville, Tenn. with GRAMMY-winning producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Norah Jones, James Bay, Kings of Leon, Of Monsters and Men). Recording legend Elton John is the album’s Executive Producer, and Foy will support Elton on the UK & European legs of his Wonderful Crazy tour this summer. The Wild Swan is available now.

This album contains no booklet.