Gorgeous vocal harmonies and retrospectively affecting lyricism adorn “Sunday School,” a newly released folk-pop single from Leeds-based singer-songwriter Pat Foster. Warming acoustic strums, triumphant brass, and intertwining vocal reflections lead the memorable production, whose lyricism draws from Foster’s Catholic upbringing and the steady unraveling of childhood certainties, like recognizing simply good and bad, rather than the many greys that become apparent in the world as one grows older. The track is an excellent piece of songwriting from Foster, formerly the frontman of the band Mega Happy, who were championed by Radio 6.
“Do you recall in Sunday School…” Foster’s stirring vocals resonate, opening alongside wordless choir-like vocal complements. “You weren’t kind, you hurt me,” he lets out, tracing kindness as one of the main tenets of Sunday School, though with it being startlingly absent in adult life. “Already sold your soul away,” the vocals continue into a magnetic sequence, where the chirpy brass tones intermingle with lovely vocal harmonies for an especially replay-inducing moment. “You should hang your head in shame, for you know heaven’s refrain,” Foster’s vocals flow, followed by the “take me back to Sunday School” beckoning — resembling a plea for everyone to remember aspects of kindness taught to them as a child, but apparently forgotten. “Sunday School” is a stellar output from Pat Foster.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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