Foundling (Deluxe Edition)

The DELUXE EDITION comes with a bonus disc featuring eight unreleased songs! Foundling is the stunning new effort by internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter David Gray. Foundling (defined as "an infant found after its unknown parents have abandoned it) is an extraordinary song cycle of rare and timeless power. In a sense, Foundling marks David Gray's second coming. By 2005, Gray had already enjoyed what has been a rather distinguished career as a singer-songwriter and recording artist, including White Ladder, which remains the single best selling album in Irish history. But not a man or artist content to ever rest on his laurels, Gray decided that the time had come to shake things up in a significant way. So in 2006, he disbanded his longtime backing group, and decided to attempt to reconnect with his music before recording his excellent 2009 album Draw the Line with a new group of players. Recorded at the same time as Draw the Line, Foundling looks like the most gorgeous and minimalist musical tapestry that David Gray has ever created. Like the recent productions of T-Bone Burnett, this is music that seems to exist almost outside of time, yet feels fantastically modern and stripped of all unnecessary varnish.